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Baltimore riots 2015: US Justice Department to investigate police in wake of Freddie Gray death

Officials will look for pattern of excessive force.

Boko Haram in Nigeria: Women describe being 'sex machines' for Islamist captors

Of 500 women rescued from Islamist militia, more than 200 were pregnant after being repeatedly raped.

VE Day: In Germany it took us 40 years to face up to Nazi crimes

Horrors of Cold War and post-war devastation meant Germany did not face up to Hitler's legacy until 1985.

Vladimir Putin 15 Years: In Russia we still don't know who Putin is

Putin has had a huge, some would say terrible, influence on our lives, but still his legacy is up in the air.

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UNHCR demands legal protection for migrants

The UNHCR demanded clarification of the legal status for migrants in the EU in order to control the massive influx of people smuggled in by boats.

California challenges court order to provide immediate sex-change surgery for prisoner

A delay for Michelle-Lael Norsworthy would do irreparable harm, said lower court judge

Oskar Gröning Nazi trial: Will mysterious letter condemn the 'Accountant of Auschwitz'?

Lüneberg court receives previously unseen WW2-era marriage request from Gröning, adding fresh complexity to Holocaust trial.

Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky misses court hearing on child abuse images due to illness

Lawyer for Bukovsky said he was being treated in Germany after renal failure.

Activists outraged after Paraguay denies abortion to 10-year-old rape victim

Mother jailed, stepfather who is accused of rape, on the run.

Oxford Dictionary may include gender-neutral honorific 'Mx'

Language catching up to the times.

Boston Marathon bomber trial: Tsarnaev 'faces death sentence'

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in tears as aunt takes stand in death penalty hearing

A cousin of Tsarnaev said the gentle child cried while watching Disney film The Lion King.

Kenya deputy president William Ruto: 'There is no room for homosexuality in this country'

Kenya's deputy president William Ruto made his comments in a speech at a Nairobi church

Isis: Hundreds of Yazidi captives slaughtered in Mosul

Iraqi Vice-President Osama al-Nujaifi described the mass killing as 'horrific and barbaric'.

Freddie Gray: Baltimore police officers 'did nothing wrong' claims union lawyer

Police union lawyer says manslaughter charges against Baltimore police officers was due to media focus.

US ambassador to Turkey John Bass uses Instagram to hit back against politician's Twitter sexism

He goes lighter to defend aide Marie Harf from Turkish mayor's sexist slam

Freddie Gray death: Filmmaker Michael Moore demands US police be disarmed

Documentarian also says all blacks in US jails for non-violent crimes should be released.

CAR: UN 'covered up' rape of African boys by French peacekeepers, alleges aid worker

IBTimes UK spoke to AIDS-Free World's Paula Donovan, who leaked UN report into alleged abuses.

French police stand in front of the damaged offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris

World Press Freedom Day: Charlie Hebdo attack just one chapter in global tale of murder and intimidation

Journalism is one of the world's most dangerous industries and it's time reporters received the freedom they deserve.

Vietnamese refugee 40 years after fall of Saigon: 'I'll never forget'

Anh Tu Nguyen said Vietnam's government in 2015 is no less repressive than when it defeated the US in 1975.

UN senior official suspended for leaking internal report on child sexual abuse by French soldiers

Organisation's report reveals refugee children in Central African Republic were forced into rape and sodomy in exchange for food.

Bali 9: Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran faced firing squad with 'strength and dignity'

Witnesses to the executions revealed that in their final moments, the prisoners sang as they faced the firing squad.

Women in Saudi Arabia: Western feminists won't save us - their bullying ignorance reduces us to mere hymens

'McFeminist' culture doesn't understand Saudi Arabia and its efforts to help Arab women do more harm than good.

Egypt teachers suspended for refusing to chant: 'Long Live al-Sisi'

Egyptian press says that four Muslim Brotherhood teachers have been suspended for four months

Kellie Maloney: Bruce Jenner must ignore Twitter trolls and complete the transgender journey

Transgender boxing promoter says Jenner must ignore abuse and build on 'courageous' Diane Sawyer interview.

Uganda denies agreement to take in thousands of African migrants paid $3,500 to leave Israel

A total of 1,205 refugees have been deported to 'safe' countries in Africa with assurances that they will not be deported back home.

US: Divided Supreme Court wrestles with same-sex marriage case

The US Supreme Court appeared sharply divided over the right to same-sex marriage.

Why did Indonesia spare Mary Jane Veloso from execution and what will happen next?

Filipino Mary Jane Veloso was reprieved as eight men, including Bali Nine, were executed

Baltimore Riots 2015: Islamic State militants boast better race relations than US

Tweeters see kinship with Baltimore 'rebels'

France: Muslim girl prevented from entering school in long skirt

Muslim girl in France who was twice banned from class due to her long black skirt sparks social media outcry.

Bali 9: Lawyer of executed Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumuran tweets 'I failed. I lost'

Shock and anger has set in at the execution by firing squad of eight people for drug offences by the Indonesian government.

Bali Nine: Who were Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan executed in Indonesia?

Bali Nine drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were executed at Nusa Kambangan.

Indonesia drug smuggling and Bali Nine executions

Bali Nine: Two Australian drug traffickers due to die as appeals fall on deaf ears

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be taken from their cells, tied to a stake and executed by firing squad.

Riot-hit Baltimore under curfew as Maryland governor declares state of emergency, activates National Guard

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake orders one-week 10pm-5am curfew from 28 April.

Bruce Jenner's ex Linda Thompson: I wouldn't have married him had I known his secret

First wife Chrystie Scott was speechless but pleased he shared 'that intimacy'

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