Activism
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker, who was imprisoned for six years in Iran for “allegedly plotting to topple the Iranian regime” has been released and returned home to the UK.
Cute
Police stopped the traffic in Singapore’s presidential palace, Instana, to help a bunch of otters to walk across the busy road on Thursday, March 10.
Featured
Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar have become the first same-sex couple to tie the knot in Chile after a law legalizing same-sex marriage went into effect on Thursday Mar. 10.
Featured
The Philippines has officially raised the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16.
Featured
An Argentine Catholic bishop has been sentenced to prison for sexual abuse within the church, despite Pope Francis initially defending him.
Featured
98 women judges have formally taken seats to preside over hearings at Egypt’s top court on Sunday March 6.
Featured
In a historic victory for women’s rights, Colombia’s top court has voted to decriminalize abortion, making it the latest Latin America country to decriminalize the procedure.
Featured
A 38-year-old Salvadoran woman has been released after serving 10 years in prison for suffering a miscarriage.
Featured
New Zealand has passed a law banning conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice that seeks to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Featured
A month after being elected as Chile’s youngest president, Gabriel Boric, the 35-year-old leftist former student protest leader, has selected a women-majority cabinet.
Featured
Papua New Guinea has abolished the death penalty after it was reintroduced 30 years ago.
Featured
The European Parliament has elected its youngest president, who is also the first woman to take the role in 30 years.