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Philippines president Duterte has repeatedly made it clear that he does want to stay in power beyond his term when it ends in 2022.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

It comes as no surprise President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces he seeks another four-year term.

A coalition of Indian churches has challenged the country's law currently used to penalise homosexuality.

"We eat and drink the food that is thrown away," 11-year-old Ayoub said. "We collect fish, meat, potatoes, onions and flour."

French rights groups file lawsuit against electronics giant, accusing it of misleading advertising because of alleged labour abuses at factories.

Emir was one of six children killed by Syrian and Russian air strikes on Eastern Ghouta on Monday. Since 29 December, 126 people, including 29 children, have lost their lives.

The development comes four years after the Supreme Court of India delivered a controversial verdict saying that same-sex consensual relationships are illegal in the country.

Children as young as three spend their days sitting in soot and breathing in coal dust and toxic smoke to make charcoal out of wood scavenged from rubbish dumps.

Myanmar pledged that Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh by the hundreds of thousands would start their journey home later this month. However, few believe that will happen.

Former President Alberto Fujimori has finally apologised to Peruvians for the wrongs committed under his government in the 1990s.

IBTimes UK asked 12 Getty Images photojournalists to choose their most memorable photo of the year and tell us the story behind the picture.

The Finsbury Park imam, who was deported to the US and convicted of 11 terror charges, is appealing against his detention at the maximum security ADX Florence prison in Colorado.

Australian photojournalist Ted McDonnell documents life in Happyland, a ramshackle collection of shelters built around a rubbish dump outside Manila.

Child marriage is common at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where marrying off a young daughter means one less mouth to feed.

The eccentric brother of the king of Belgium claims his human rights will be violated if the government goes ahead with its threat to cut his salary to €308,000 (£280,000).

Prisoners at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre witnessed and heard the murder of fellow inmate Adam Kargus in October 2013.

Video emerges on Chinese social media of three drug dealers being sentenced to death by open court as 1,000 people watch.

In his first public Mass in Myanmar, Pope Francis urged the country's long-suffering ethnic minorities to resist the temptation to exact revenge for the hurt they have endured.

Dramatic images of police and soldiers cracking down on young protesters were broadcast around the world, but less is known about the thousands more who were hauled away.

The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis

International aid groups describe the situation in Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis as millions are at risk of famine.

Human rights activists protest against Iraq's bill of Jafaari Personal Status Law that could legalise child marriage, marital rape and ban Muslims from marrying non-Muslims.

The advert plays on Saudi Arabia's recent historic decision to overturn its decades-old women driving ban.

Not every celebrity and politician has been tactful in their response to the scandal.

On the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, women in Ireland are still struggling for the same freedom.

International rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the announcement, highlighting the dire state of Zimbabwe's health service.

The Philippines president Duterte also said he is declaring a "revolutionary government" and would be happy to cut all ties with the EU.

Director of Amnesty Turkey, İdil Eser, has already spent 100 days behind bars. Turkey has been accused of "frequent attacks on human rights".

The firebrand Philippines president asks the European ambassadors not to return to his country again.