Isabelle Gerretsen

Iran executed at least three child offenders in January 2018. Only four countries in the world, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen, carry death penalty for children.

Power in pariah state of North Korea is a family affair as Kim's little sister moves further into world spotlight at Winter Olympics.

Women arrested in Iran for staging anti-hijab #whitewednesday protests in Tehran.

Syrian refugees fleeing to Germany form bulk of applications for asylum in Europe but overall numbers are much lower than previous years..

Soldiers systematically disfiguring murdered Rohingya villagers with acid to deny culpability in war crimes, says Human Rights Watch.

Campaign by Hartford student to get rid of black roommate Jazzy Rowe does not amount to racist hate crime, rules Connecticut attorney.

Stone Age grave on banks of River Vecht gives up its secrets to archaeologists.

Daughter of rapist dad Mario Mamani Vilca gives birth to healthy child after abortion ruled out. Her mother did not report the sexual abuse.

Iranian women ignore traditional gender roles in conservative rural Iran to prove they can do "men's work" as well as any man.

Jamaica bans Holocaust denier and anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson from the Faithful World Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, from entering the country.

Halimo Hussein and other Labour activists storm Blighty UK, Winston Churchill-inspired cafe, call wartime prime minister "racist" and say cafe "celebrates colonialism".

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, met American man on Malaysian island Langkawi just four days before his assassination, says police witness.

US taxpayers hit hard by First Lady Melania Trump's frequent use of official Air Force jets between New York, Florida and White House in Washington DC.

Proposed Polish law that would make it illegal to accuse Poles of complicity in Holocaust is attempt to rewrite history, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Artist Banksy confirms on Instagram that he created graffiti mural of boy wielding a sword in Hull, England.

US student Danya Sherman invented KnoNap, a napkin to detect date rape drugs, after being sexually assaulted while in Spain.

Taliban kill at least 95 with suicide bomb in ambulance in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, a week after militants attacked Intercontinental Hotel and took guests hostage.

Almost 400 people fled their homes in Paris, France, after heavy flooding and banks of River Seine burst near Austerlitz bridge.

UK government in secret talks with senior EU figures in Brussels to extend Brexit transition period as Theresa May's leadership under threat from Eurosceptic MPs.

European Court of Justice rules psychological sexuality tests illegal after Nigerian asylum seeker appeals against Hungarian legal decision.

Police protection becoming the norm for many Jewish institutions and students, says head of Central Council of Jews.

Mao-era detention camps used to re-educate non-ethnic Chinese Uighurs, says Human Rights Watch and Radio Free Asia.

Spanish police release shocking video of man drowning a boar as they hunt animal abuser in Catalunya. Cruelty to wild animals is not deemed a criminal act under Spanish law.

Gay couple Ethan and Elad Dvash-Banks sue US after one twin son born via surrogate denied citizenship as he has Israeli DNA.

British children more anxious about Trump than global warming and threat of nuclear war, study by Mental Health Foundation reveals.

Punk art collective gained worldwide fame in 2012 when they staged an anti-Putin protest in Moscow's Cathedral.

Kim Jong-un's programme is "not directed at UK but should be taken very seriously" as many British citizens live in the region, defence minister Howe said.

Suicide rate in South Korean twice as high as other OECD countries. K-pop singer Jonghyun and actor Jun Tae-soo both took own lives.

El Al pilots refuse to deport Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to home countries where they face risk of death.