Isabelle Gerretsen

International Women's Day 2018: Women hold protests around the world to highlight gender inequality, sexual harassment and other

CCTV shows blonde woman and man near bench where Russian spy Sergei Skripal collapsed in suspected poisoning and assassination attempt.

North Korea is 'willing to give up nuclear weapons', Kim Jong-un told South Korean envoys in Pyongyang.

36 exotic animals stolen from We Care Wildlife Sanctuary in Miami, Florida, after fake "Free exotic animals. Go around and help yourself" advert on Craigslist.

Guatemala follows President Donald Trump and announces plan to move embassy from Israel's capital Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May.

Sexual violence against men and boys is a "serious blind spot" in Central African Republic (CAR) say researchers at All Survivors Project after documenting gang rape in war zone.

Egyptian Mona Mahmoud arrested after accusing police of torturing and disappearing daughter Zubeida in BBC report. Amnesty says arrest is latest in Egypt's free speech crackdown.

Declassified US State Department document from 1946 says Poles treated Jews as badly as the Nazis. This week Poland's controversial new Holocaust law came into effect.

Thousands sign petition asking President Donald Trump to allow South African white farmers to emigrate to US after land seizure vote.

Bee sting: A million bees owned by Beekeeper Honey disappear overnight.

Oxfam worker Aimee Santos, who claims she was molested by female colleague in the Philippines, was "constructively dismissed" from job

Teenager Josh Lindsay went missing for 27 hours in Dundee, Scotland in freezing weather. Temperatures dropped below zero in Scotland after heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions.

Sarah Halimi's killer shouted "Allahu akbar" before during attack. There was a global outcry at France's refusal to acknowledge killing as anti-Jewish hate crime.

British woman Jemma Lilley, who was "obsessed with serial killers", is sentenced to life imprisonment for "bucket list murder" of autistic teenager Aaron Pajich in Perth, Australia.

Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab sentenced to six months in prison after joking about parasites in River Nile.

Kevin Spacey Foundation to close after several men accused House of Cards actor of sexual assault in wake of #MeToo movement.

Gender pay gap: Marks & Spencer female staff paid 12.3% less than male workers. Retailer said gap is explained by fact that men still hold most senior management positions.

40% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes in London linked to London Bridge and Manchester terror attacks as Sadiq Khan warns that police will take a "zero-tolerance approach."

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised for telling sobbing girl she will be honoured if killed a martyr in Afrin offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria.

British Medical Association and General Medical Council urged to condemn male ritual circumcision as Iceland proposes bill to make procedure a criminal offence.

Bulldozers sent in to destroy homes of Muslims who were ethnically cleansed.

In South Sudan's civil war, sexual violence against men and boys is common. New UN report reveals how men have been castrated and children were forced to watch rape.

Armed guard Scott Peterson did not enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland, Florida, and stop Nikolas Cruz shooting dead 17 people.

North Korean delegation for Winter Olympics closing ceremony includes Kim Yong Chol of Workers' Party Central Committee who has been blamed for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean ship.

Amnesty names US President Donald Trump a "human rights offender" alongside Rodrigo Duterte, Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) ordered to pay £100,000 to family of 102-year-old Fumio Okubo who killed himself when told to flee Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Measles cases in Italy skyrocket as populist parties Northern League and Five Star Movement promise to scrap vaccination law ahead Italian election.

"Upskirting should be criminalised as sexual offence" campaigners say as data reveals 10-year-old girl is among victims of practice of secretly photographing up a woman's skirt.

Paedophile football coach Barry Bennell described as "sheer evil" as he is sentenced to 31 years for 50 counts of child sex abuse.