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Petition launched to halt mass ceremony that organisers say is for 100 orphans whose parents were killed by gangs Human rights activists in Nigeria have launched a petition to stop a plan to push 100 girls and young women into marriage in a mass cere

The discovery of the branch, which ran alongside 31 pyramids, could solve the mystery of how the stone blocks were transported Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile River that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt

David Nicholson on how a semi-dystopian future is already reality for millions, and Benny Dembitzer on how the financial approach to climate change only benefits rich countries As the global thermometer relentlessly inches upwards, revelations by top

UK and Rwanda agree deal to extend cohort of those eligible to be forcibly removed to east African country Tens of thousands of people who have been refused asylum in the UK have been added to the group of people at risk of being forcibly removed to

Anger over Israels seizure of Palestinian side of crossing raises fears Cairo may downgrade relations Israel and Egypt are embroiled in a growing diplomatic row over the Rafah border crossing after Israels takeover of the Gaza side of the crossing, a

Exclusive: Last two fugitives are deemed to be dead, ending a remarkable exercise in international justice The has accounted for the last remaining fugitives indicted for genocide, bringing to an end the courts 29-year mission to deliver justice for

Family law has not kept up with social shifts, with marital rape, child marriage and lack of property and custody rights persistent problems, research finds Discriminatory laws and customs across Africa are stalling progress on womens rights in the r

Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila The record-breaking heatwave that scorched the Philippines in April would have been impossible without the climate crisis, scientists have found. Seari

Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine says in interview that US troops stayed on our soil, doing nothing while terrorists killed people Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Nigers prime minister, has blamed the US for a rupture in an important military pact between the two