Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants.
Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012.
Soon after arriving she met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
Details of the trip have been kept secret "in view of the sensitivity", officials say.
Pakistani television broadcast video that appeared to show her with her parents at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport under tight security.
Kim Jong-un agrees to meet South Korea president at summit on 27 April
What will be only the third-ever such meeting was announced on Thursday when senior officials from the two Koreas met
The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit at a village on the border between the two countries on 27 April, only the third-ever such meeting and another sign of a thaw in relations.
Senior officials of the two Koreas met on Thursday to prepare for a rare inter-Korean summit, days after the nuclear-armed North’s leader Kim Jong-un made his international debut with a surprise trip to China.
Three journalists killed in 24 hours highlights India press freedom problem, watchdog groups warn
Three Indian journalists have been killed in deliberate hit-and-run accidents and their deaths highlight an issue with freedom of the press in the world's largest democracy, according to watchdog groups.
Sandeep Sharma in Madhya Pradesh state, and Navin Nischal and Vijay Singh in Bihar state were all killed within the span of 24 hours. The incidents appeared to be unrelated though Mr Sharma had been investigating a controversial story at the time of his death and Mr Nischal and Mr Singh had just gotten into an argument with a local politician after filing a story.
Anti-Semitic bullying of Jewish schoolgirl causes outrage in Germany
News that a Jewish girl in Berlin was bullied by Muslim classmates has provoked strong reactions. Germany's Central Council of Jews has demanded countermeasures, saying Muslim associations must assume responsibility.
Josef Schuster has always shown composure. The 64-year-old president of the Central Council Of Jews in Germany often appears calm and collected when dealing with the press. Yet, the case at hand has left even him speechless.
The case involves a second-grade girl at a Berlin elementary school who was bullied by Muslim classmates for months about her Jewish heritage. Speaking with DW, Schuster squarely placed blame on the adults with whom the children have daily contact.
No rest for the dead in Abidjan’s chaotic cemeteries
Far from being resting places for the dead, cemeteries in Abidjan, the economic capital of the Ivory Coast, have become waste yards full of garbage, weeds and vandalised tombs, according to locals. Armed with photos of the worsening conditions, one of our Observers is trying to fight against this situation. He blames both the lack of investment by the authorities and the high price of burial plots, which pushes some families to bury their deceased loved ones illegally.
There are five different cemeteries in Abidjan district, located in the municipalities of Koumassi, Port-Bouët, Williamsville, Yopougon and Abidjan proper. The cemeteries are managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development.
However, Abidjan resident Hamadou Sawadogo is one of many who thinks that the authorities aren’t fulfilling their management and upkeep duties. Sawadogo first noticed the sorry state of the city’s cemeteries after his parents died 12 years ago.
Boy in viral hug photo missing after family's car plunges off cliff
Updated 0556 GMT (1356 HKT) March 29, 2018
A Washington family was killed after their SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, landing on its roof in the Pacific Ocean, officials said Wednesday.
The bodies of Jennifer and Sarah Hart and three of their six children were found Monday in and around the vehicle, Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said. Their three other children are missing.
Among the missing children is 15-year-old Devonte, who made national headlines in 2014 when he appeared in a photo taken during a Ferguson-related protest in Portland, Oregon. The photo, which went viral, shows a tearful Devonte hugging a police officer.
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