Liberia: hopes of banning FGM fade

Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf battled unsuccessfully to ban female genital mutilation during her 12-years as Africa's first female president, and now as she prepares to step down ahead of Tuesday's general election, it's feared hopes of outlawing the practice will fade too.

Nepal’s bleeding shame: menstruating women banished to cowsheds

Though banned, the centuries-old custom of confining women to a cowshed during their period persists in Nepal, with damaging and even fatal results.

Terrorist attack: 9 killed in Hanau

Man who killed nine in Germany had far-right website and was found dead alongside his mum.

Tobias R is thought to have run a far-right website and police are treating the attack as an act of domestic terrorism

How Portugal is tackling drug addiction

The van, containing supplies of methadone, is part of Portugal's answer to a heroin epidemic going back 20 years.

Brexit: Fish Fight Puts Deal At Risk

French fishermen are concerned about their livelihoods if British waters become off limits after Brexit.

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