North Korean officials commit sexual abuse against women with near total impunity, according to a report from rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said such abuse is so common it has become part of ordinary life. The report is based on interviews with 62 North Koreans who fled the country and provided detailed accounts of rape and sexual abuse. ...

A judge in Peru has ordered that opposition leader Keiko Fujimori spend three years in jail while she awaits trial for corruption. Judge Richard Concepción said there was a high risk of Ms Fujimori fleeing Peru. Ms Fujimori has been accused of taking $1.2m (£940,000) in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in 2011. She denies any wrongdoing and ...

Researchers say that the world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% more than previously thought. They say it means the Earth is more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than estimated. This could make it much more difficult to to keep ...

The Anti-voter Apathy project (AVAP) says the constitutional court’s decision to overturn the high court ruling that nullified the election of Margaret Mwanakatwe as Lusaka central mp is a sign that Zambia has weak electoral laws. AVAP Executive Director, Richwell Mulwani says there is no way that the violence witnessed during the 2016 Lusaka central parliamentary election, for example, could ...