Although homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, laws only recognise unions between a man and a woman as legal. LGBT people face discrimination, violence and arrests in the country.
Asiya Bibi has confessed to poisoning her husband Amjad's milk to avenge her forced marriage to him in September.
Government wants to reform and streamline divorce procedure by allowing couples to fill out information online.
The Waiapi live deep in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Their way of life is closer to the Stone Age than the 21st century. Yet the modern world is barely a few hours' drive away, and getting closer.
Adam Osmayev and Amina Okuyeva were in a car when they were shot at while crossing a railroad track on the outskirts of the capital city.
Roman Polanski faced a barrage of protests at the start of a retrospective of his films in Paris, as the veteran director stands accused of a series of sexual assaults.
Two people were injured and taken to hospital during the shooting which happened in the early hours of 28 October.
Borough Bonfire Society is accused of racism as its white members paint their face to resemble Zulu warriors for annual celebration in Lewes, but the society defends the practice.
The man, Kehinde Ariyo who lives in the same area as that of the victim broke the door of her house to commit the offence.
The woman alleged that the sexual abuse started in 1979 when she was a student at Winthrop High School.
A Nottingham man, Edward Zielinski, who kept two polish immigrants locked in his loft paying them in cigarettes and alcohol has been jailed.
Family members of the victim said she was too weak to raise an alarm but her feeble cries alerted some members who saw the intruder forcing himself on her.
Russian president says someone is "professionally and purposefully" collecting biological material from people across Russia.
Shabazz Suleman fled north-eastern Syria after a multinational force retook Raqqa, an Isis stronghold in the country.He now wants to come back to the UK and face justice.
Toronto woman, who is on Twitter under the name @JodieJumpsuit, shared the novel trick that put her teacher off his inappropriate behaviour.
Beavers had weakened the base of the pole and strong winds knocked it over, causing the town to go dark.
Officers who visited the Lexington couple's house for a welfare check found human and animal faeces and urine scattered around the home.
Salt Lake City police said one person is confirmed dead in the shooting allegedly carried out by a 24-year-old white male, Austin Boutain.
Campaigner Sayed Alwadaei says his family has been imprisoned in Bahrain for his work to expose human rights abuses committed by King Hamad and other royals.
People who freed the deer in Cincinnati are calling it the Halloween rescue.
Two severed heads were kept in cold storage when police raided a residential facility as authorities arrest a 27-year-old suspect in connection with the case.
Priscilla Zapata had reportedly said she "lost it" when she saw that they had eaten the ice cream on the evening of 18 July.
President Moon Jae-in and Xi will talk on the sidelines of an annual regional forum in Vietnam next week.
A 17-year-old boy is in a serious condition after he was attacked on Ashton Old Road, in Manchester. Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
Dennis and Lorraine Carver, who survived the Last Vegas mass shooting, died weeks later in a car crash less than half a mile from their home in California.
Streaming site Netflix has stalled production of House of Cards following the "deeply troubling" claims against the star of the political drama, Kevin Spacey.
Randall Gaston Jones, 32, has been arrested for a shooting in Austin, Texas, that left one dead and three injured. Michael McCloskey, 37, later died at a hospital.
Millions of Jews were transported to their deaths on the German railways during the second world war.
Daniel Gearie, 25, was branded "vile" and "sick" by outraged social media users after a photo he shared went viral. He has apologised for the stunt, sayinghe is "disgusted" with himself.
One-eyed killer Adrian Hynd, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, stabbed a man to death in his own home leaving an ornamental vampire skull sword embedded in his victim's chest.
