When people take their grievances to the streets, some pay the ultimate price.

The US bombed its own former base to stop equipment getting into the wrong hands.

The malware was able to infect targeted phones simply through missed calls.

Imprisoned women's rights activist horrifically tortured in "Palace of Terror".

169 international China-watchers express alarm over case of burgled professor.

The US shows no intention of pulling out of Syria but could ultimately face defeat.

Aung San Suu kyi has been stripped of her award by Amnesty International.

COMMENT: More must be done to do justice for Rohingya driven from their homes.

The draft raises the question of where migrants will go after the numbers are finalised.

Immigration Minister says resources need to be in place for refugees before quota lift

Kyung Yup Kim says he could face torture or the death penalty.

US must stop separating parents from their children at the border, says Golriz Ghahraman.

Economic crash is crippling the country, including the healthcare system.

Gina Haspel spent nearly all of her 33-year career in the CIA in undercover roles.

Ardern's smart move: pledging up to $3 million in aid for the desperate asylum seekers.

Refugees have no food, water or medical treatment.

Twitter account owner still mocking Zimbabwe President, after saying he wore a catheter.

Millions more dollars have been invested by a Government superannuation fund in an international palm oil company embroiled in labour abuse allegations.

A blind man was Tasered by police who mistook his walking cane for a gun.

With approvals granted, the fight for those against the Dakota Access pipeline shifts to the courts.

Twice a week in the middle of the night, men were taken in "meat fridges" to their death inside a military prison. WARNING: Graphic.

The Government is drafting a new law to regulate arms brokering - arranging the international movement of guns and heavier weaponry.

Photographs from high above North Korea show what observers say are concerning developments in the regime's arsenal of repression.

More than 300 child soldiers, dubbed the "cubs of the caliphate", have reportedly been killed after being sent into battle.

Castration and stoning are among the most extreme forms of punishment carried out in parts of the world. WARNING: Graphic.

COMMENT: It's time to revive the Tampa spirit and rescue refugees our Australian neighbours have sent off to rot in hellish prison camps on remote islands.

A 22-year-old woman is to be hanged this week after being found guilty of killing the husband she says abused her.

Beatings, inhumane conditions and inmates forced to rape each other. This is what goes on in Saydnaya Military Prison.

The Turkish president said that he would reinstate the death penalty to deal with those who took park in the coup attempt