With issues surrounding the age of consent being raised in both France and the US, we took a look at the vast disparity in the law around the world.
Rohingya Muslims are so desperate to leave Myanmar they are willing to risk their lives by crossing a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) stretch of water on flimsy makeshift rafts or even swimming to Bangladesh.
Musician and activist Bob Geldof announced he would return his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest at Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is a recipient of the honour.
Life of UK mother in Iran, Nazanin Zaghrai-Ratcliffe, endangered after comments by Foreign Secretary, her MP has said.
Landmark ruling sees company lose ruling its drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed.
The advert plays on Saudi Arabia's recent historic decision to overturn its decades-old women driving ban.
Sri Lanka government promises to investigate allegations of torture and rape against Tamils after AP testimony of 20 men about human rights abuses by army and police.
The test allows doctors to inspect the hymen of women to verify rape claims. It is considered unscientific and a violation of the victim's privacy, and was banned in India in 2014.
Women's rights campaigners in Iran have released eye-opening footage showing the abuse they receive when refusing to wear a hijab in public as part of the #WhiteWednesday movement.
Activists from Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) scaled Sydney Opera House to protest treatment of refugees at Australian detention centre on Manus Island
Elyas Al-Mulla held at Jau Prison Bahrain following stage three colon cancer diagnosis. His mother Ahlam Hasan condemns UK government for silence about human rights abuses.
Kajal, a 23-year-old married woman at the time, was gang-raped after she accepted a car lift by an acquaintance as she was on her way to buy bread for her sick mother.
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia have increased by almost 500% since start of Yemen War. Saudi-led air strikes have killed over 5,000 civilians, UN says.
Germany's highest court has ordered that a "third gender" be recognised on official documents including birth certificates in a decision met with praise by intersex campaigners.
An asylum seeker from El Salvador alleges that a female guard at a privately-owned detention centre in Texas, sexually assaulted her repeatedly.
Financier Bill Browder is Vladimir Putin's biggest enemy after passing Magnitsky Act over killing of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who exposed mass tax fraud by Russian government
In a call with Iranian Foreign Minister, Johnson offered to visit Iran to discuss the case and said his remarks were "no justifiable basis for further action".
Two Muslim women kicked out of a municipal swimming pool for wearing burkini in Granada, Spain. Incident described as possible "Islamophobic hate crime."
Foreign Office speaks as Johnson is criticised for incorrectly stating that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was working at the time of her arrest in Iran.
Nancy Friday collected and shared women's sexual fantasies in her book My Secret Garden. She died on 6 November, aged 84.
Nazanin Ratcliffe was detained in 2016 as she tried to return to the UK after a family vacation. She was accused of leading a "soft coup" and sentenced to five years in prison.
Parents caught their daughter's alleged gang rapists after police refused to take her complaint seriously in Bhopal. Sexual assault remains pervasive issue in India.
The unfurling of a rainbow flag at a rock concert sparked a harsh anti-LGBT crackdown in Egypt, and experts fear that the worst is yet to come
Tuesday Flanders has accused Fulham Boys School of discrimination after her 12-year-old Rastafarian son Chikayzea was ordered to cut off his dreadlocks or face suspension.
New polling from the University of Chicago shows divisions between US millennials of different racial backgrounds over hot button topics.
Former deputy ambassador to the United Kingdon, Thae Yong-ho gave evidence to US lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Rabia Nasimi fled Afghanistan, along with her family, when she was five. In the UK, her new home, she was able to thrive and fight her way to Cambridge.
Former deputy ambassador to the UK, Thae Yong-ho said Kim Jong-Un was a "hidden boy" now trying to lie to North Koreans about his upbringing.
Shandra Woworuntu was a victim of sex trafficking when she moved from Indonesia to the US. Now she's fighting to help others who have endured similar experiences.
Refugees and asylum seekers detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have been ordered to leave as Australian immigration centre is scheduled to close.
