Student protests against fee increases turned violent on Wednesday as several universities suspended academic activities.
Terrorist acts, violence and armed conflicts killed 691 Iraqis and wounded 1,016 others in August across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said on Thursday.
German lawmakers unanimously approved legislation on Thursday that would make it easier to prosecute suspects of sexual violence and that defines rape as the violation of a woman’s will under the principle of “no means no.”
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently penned a letter on how to best address the issue of campus violence.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called for efforts to stop and punish sexual violence in conflict, adding that extremist groups have used sexual violence as a tactic of terrorism.
At least 10 people died across the Philippines in election day violence on Monday (May 9), as gunmen attacked polling stations, ambushed vehicles and stole vote counting machines, police said.
UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nickolay Mladenov warned Thursday that the prospects for an independent Palestine State are disappearing, adding "The time has come to ring the alarm bells that the two-state solution is slipping from our fingers."
A woman stood trial in Yunnan Province on Friday accused of killing her abusive husband, in a case that has shone a light on domestic violence in China.
"Although women's status has been improved to some extent, there is still a long way ahead to ensure their rights and eliminate violence against women in conservative Afghan society," a women's right activist Mursal, 24, told Xinhua on Tuesday.
The death toll from caste unrest in northern India has risen to 28 but violence has subsided, officials said on Thursday, as a court asked authorities to investigate reports of rape during the riots.
At least three people were killed and eight others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past day amid escalation of violence, reports from the conflicting parties showed Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said on Saturday that it is wrong to use the term "Fishball Revolution" to justify the mob violence in Mong Kok during the Lunar New Year holiday.
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled a handful of executive measures on gun control, including expanding background checks, calling for "a sense of urgency" about gun violence.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that he will roll out gun-control initiatives over the next several days, stressing that the measures will be "entirely consistent" with the constitutional right to bear arms.
Chinese top legislature on Sunday adopted the country's first bill against domestic violence in a landmark move to bring traditionally silent abuse victims under legal protection.
China's first domestic violence law may include emotional or psychological abuse and cover cohabitation in order to protect traditionally silent abuse victims, a new draft reads.
Australians march in solidarity against domestic violence
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