India failed to prevent hundreds of communal violence incidents in 2015: Amnesty report Amnesty India head told IBTimes the government showed suspicion towards organisations critical of its policies. Feb 24, 2016
Mysuru gay man's matrimonial ad seeks groom on Queerala Srikanth Rao's ad seeks a financially independent same-gender partner. Feb 18, 2016
Dawoodi Bohras in London told to stop female circumcision Female circumcision is outlawed in the UK. Feb 16, 2016
Pregnant woman films and shames commuters refusing to give up the priority seat A woman has filmed her daily commute after spending nine months standing, despite wearing her baby on board badge Feb 12, 2016
Yarls Wood: This is not supposed to exist in England, says former inmate South African who spent three months in detention centre said she would rather die than go back Feb 8, 2016
India: PM Narendra Modi supporters defend Delhi Police brutality towards anti-government student protesters Students were beaten with batons and female protesters were dragged to the ground by their hair. Feb 1, 2016
Germany's Merkel says refugees to return home once war is over Merkel has resisted pressure from some conservatives to cap the influx of refugees, or to close Germany's borders. Jan 31, 2016
DRC: Free and fair vote in elections could end Congo crisis and break conflict mining curse Armed groups in DRC earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year by trading conflict minerals Jan 26, 2016
UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic paid minor girls in exchange for sex: Report UN peacekeepers have allegedly paid 50 cents to three dollars for girls as young as 13 in exchange for sex at M'Poko camp in Bangui. Jan 12, 2016
Protesters hand over petition calling for release of dissident Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam. Jan 8, 2016
Syria: Over 55,000 people including 2,500 children killed in 2015, says monitoring agency 2015 saw fewer deaths than 2014, when 76,021 people had been killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Jan 1, 2016
Refugee crisis: UNHCR says over 1m enter Europe by sea in 2015 More than 1m refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, while almost 4,000 died or went missing in perilous journeys, the UNs refugee agency said on 30 December. Dec 31, 2015
Kim Dotcom, German internet mogul, may be extradited to US Kim Dotcom once headed the Megaupload online file-sharing site. Dec 23, 2015
China sees first gay marriage rights case as man goes to court after being refused marriage certificate The civil affairs bureau in Changsha rejected the application claiming that only "one man and one woman" can be married in the country. Dec 22, 2015
Bengal tea garden workers in crisis; reel from starvation, water scarcity Deaths in the region's tea gardens have made headlines this year. Dec 21, 2015
