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Disclosing secrets is often the only way to end human rights abuses and whistleblowers must be protected.

Of the hundreds imprisoned, many are rape victims and pregnant.

Exit polls suggest the right-wing Law and Justice party has won Poland's 2015 parliamentary election.

Intelligence agencies claim chancellor's generous immigration policy threatens country's security.

Boko Haram suspects planned to carry out attack at luxury Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi area.

Driver and passengers joined together to prevent the woman's death.

Footage shows man in Chewbacca costume arrested for canvassing voters on election day.

Self-proclaimed centrist swept to power after corruption scandal hit establishment candidates.

The death toll is expected to rise after a powerful earthquake struck a remote area of north-eastern Afghanistan.

Israelis have held the bodies of 16 alleged attackers preventing Arab families from burying their dead.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says Brits were among 27 people on Leviathan II, which sank near Vancouver Island.

More than 9 inches of rainfall led to flooding and swelling rivers around the city.

Russian submarine activity has increased 50% over the past year, according to US military officials.

Five dead after vessel carrying 27 people sinks near near Tofino on Vancover island.

An estimated 34,000 deaths a year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meats.

BREAKING: Hundreds wounded in 7.5 quake that struck South Asia

Students from Wits university reject Zuma's announcement of 0% fee increase and call for free education.

India has been embroiled in the sensitive beef controversy following the ban on slaughter of cows in many Indian states.

Indigenous peoples from Brazil, as well as native people from Asia and North America, are competing in the first World Indigenous Games.

BREAKING: Initial reports of a 7.7-magnitude quake felt across the region.

Al-Saadi Gaddafi told Human Rights Watch that he was 'terrorised' and tortured by guards at al-Hadba prison.

Geeta was accompanied by the Edhi family who looked after her in Karachi.

Cpl Robert V Witt is believed to have died from malnutrition after capture in 1950.

Professional killers told Bangladeshi police they were hired to create chaos in the country.

The right-wing party has promised higher wages and a return to Catholic values.

Saudi foreign minister says political solution to Syrian crisis edging 'closer'.

Carson said he wants to see the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision, which legalised abortion, overturned.

'The definition of success should include starting a family,' says volunteer group.

The National Intelligence Service held a contest to identify computer wizards who can block hackers from the North.