Taliban threats, extreme poverty and child marriage prevent many girls in Afghanistan from getting a proper education.
The game sees children try to disappear for two days and compete to see how many times their disappearance is shared on social media.
Raqqa has witnessed intensified fighting as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by a US-led coalition, started a campaign to recapture the city in June.
At least 33 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the attack claimed by Taliban Islamists.
Serviceman Jeffrey Michels who disappeared 40 years ago from an Air Force Base in North Dakota has been arrested for desertion after leading a double life.
Reza Moazami files lawsuit against two Canadian papers over their 'unfair' coverage of trial and 23 year jail term.
Malala is the world's youngest Nobel peace laureate, an award she received after being shot in the head by Pakistani Taliban militants because she campaigned for girls' education.
A general strike was avoided in in early October - and it is hoped that further talks could prevent festive delays.
Isauro Aguirre whipped, beat and burned his girlfriend's son, Gabriel Fernandez, with cigarettes for months before his death.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370's disappearance is considered to be one of the biggest mysteries of the aviation world.
A refugee camp in Aïn Issa, a town 50km from Raqqa, is hosting families of fighters while coalition forces continue to gain territory in the former Isis stronghold.
Ferocious wildfires have killed at least 36 people in Portugal, including a one-month-old baby, and at least three in Spain.
Leah Smith and Leah Taylor not seen since they left Marvell College in east Hull on the afternoon of 16 October
A Michigan school student suffered a severe cut to the hand that needed surgery after playing the "Isis Game" where pupils pretend to behead each other.
A primary school teacher has been sacked from a Catholic school in New South Wales, Australia, after forcing her students to draw pictures for a convicted paedophile.
Iraq Army troops invaded Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk as tensions are soaring following an independence referendum held in the autonomous Kurdistan region.
Ursula Haverbeck, 88, known as the 'Nazi grandma' was sentenced to six months in jail for saying there were no gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp for the fifth time.
The 4.3metre estuarine crocodile was found to have killed 79-year-old Anne Cameron of Australia, who was reported missing for a week.
The child is undergoing surgery after sustaining multiple facial cuts and his condition is said to be critical.
Nine-year-old girl dies after being sat upon by her 325-pound cousin, it has been alleged. Veronica Green Posey said she sat on the girl as a form of punishment.
Lamora Williams of Georgia allegedly killed her two youngest children by putting them in an oven before telling the boys' father over video chat.
Three men were stabbed close to the Parsons Green station in South-West London as commuters made their way home. One man died after the incident on Monday (16 October).
The Aer Lingus pilot managed to skillfully land the plane despite being hit by 90mph winds at Dublin Airport on Monday (16 October).
Abdel-Aziz Al-Shamary, 21, originally from Kuwait, attacked a woman after she left a pub in Darlington telling one witness "Allah's going to get you", Teesside Crown Court heard.
Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, led the Panama Papers probe into corruption claims of her country's leaders. She had been warned about the threat to her life months before.
New York jihadi Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 29, is convicted of laying two pressure cooker bombs. He considered himself 'a soldier in a holy war against Americans'.
Jingyi Wang faces a charge of aggravated assault after allegations she posed as a cosmetic surgeon and left a woman needing medical attention after a procedure.
Sadie Andrews was in the pit for five to 10 minutes before she was found unconscious. The 3-year-old girl was declared dead at the hospital.
Entitled 'Opposite Number' the 10-part Channel 4 TV drama that was being produced by Mammoth Screen. The show, set in Pyongyang, was targeted by hackers in 2014.
Joshua Boyle was rescued last week, along with his wife and three children, after five years as captives of the Haqqani network.
