Noura in her own words: Teen who killed rapist husband shares her story
A first-hand account obtained by CNN
Sudanese teenager Noura Hussein who is on death row for killing her 35-year-old husband, in a case that has sparked international outrage, has spoken out for the first time about her forced marriage, and the rape and struggle that happened when she stabbed him.
CNN obtained a first-hand account from the 19-year-old, who is currently awaiting retrial in an Omdurman prison cell after appealing her death sentence.
The teenager's story has put a spotlight on forced marriage and marital rape in Sudan, where the legal age to enter into marriage is 10 and marital rape is not a crime.
Noura's family made her get married at 15, but allowed her to finish school.
China's Twitter erases John Oliver after scathing Xi Jinping skit
Parody of Chinese president covered human rights abuses and memes comparing Xi’s figure with Winnie the Pooh
The British comedian John Oliver has been scrubbed from China’s version of Twitter after the host of Last Week Tonight ran a 20-minute segment satirising Chinese president Xi Jinping.
New posts mentioning his name or the show have been blocked on the microblogging site Weibo.
Oliver’s scathing parody of Xi on Sunday covered human rights abuses, “dystopian levels of surveillance and persecution” of Uighurs in China’s western Xinjiang province, the continued detention of Liu Xia, wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who died last year in state custody, and online censorship, including memes comparing Xi’s figure with that of Winnie the Pooh.
World Cup 2018: Burger King sorry for offering lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women impregnated by players
Thousands of pounds and free food offered to 'girls who manage to get the best football genes'
Burger King has apologised for offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women impregnated by World Cup players.
The burger chain launched the promotion on VK - a Russian alternative to Facebook – promising 3 million roubles (£36,000) as well as the free food to “girls who manage to get the best football genes” and “lay down the success of the Russian national football team”.
“We believe in you!” the advert exclaimed.
Critics condemned the promotion, which was pulled from Burger King’s social media accounts on Tuesday, as sexist and demeaning.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir meets with rebel leader Riek Machar
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar held talks for the first time in almost two years in hopes of building bridges. The war in South Sudan has continued since the two fell out in 2013, sparking violence.
A meeting between South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar and the country's President Salva Kiir continued into the night on Wednesday and was expected to continue Thursday, with details of the talks yet to be revealed.
Many efforts at making peace have fallen through, but these latest talks, hosted by Ethiopia, are the first time the leaders have met in almost two years.
Students return to school in quake-hit Osaka as anxieties continue
Today 04:40 pm JST
The school attended by a 9-year-old girl who died after a powerful earthquake in Osaka this week reopened Thursday, as grief and anxieties persist among pupils and local residents.
"I am really saddened," Yoshimi Tanaka, principal of the school in the city of Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, told an assembly with pupils. "I cannot forget her -- she was always surrounded by friends and looked happy."
Some pupils shed tears during the meeting at Juei Elementary School where Rina Miyake used to study, according to city officials.
The school needed more time for safety checks before its resumption unlike most elementary schools in the city, which had opened on Wednesday.
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