Afghanistan university attack; Iraq's flawed justice system; surge in attacks on transgender women in Pakistan; fears Europe wants to copy Nauru detention centre; UK arms sales to Saudi in the crossfire; China's bid to tackle poverty; Turkey's failed coup...

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At least one person is dead and more injured following a despicable attack today at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. A siege that lasted for hours began with a bomb and gunfire, which killed a security guard. Many students and faculty escaped, but more remained trapped inside with the attackers. Rising attacks on schools in Afghanistan, which should be safe spaces, are depriving many students of valuable education and putting their lives at unnecessarily risk.
From earlier today: Iraq’s execution of 36 men after flawed trials seriously undermines the battle for justice for the notorious Camp Speicher massacre of June 2014, when ISIS forces systematically executed up to 770 Shia army recruits, Human Rights Watch has said.
Pakistani authorities should urgently investigate the surge in violent attacks on transgender women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, HRW says. It comes after a transgender woman was shot three times in the abdomen earlier this month after she resisted rape, but her district hospital refused to treat her because they "only had male and female wards".
Armed men linked to Mozambique’s main opposition party, RENAMO, have raided at least two hospitals and two health clinics over the past month, threatening access to health care for tens of thousands of people in remote areas of the country.
Meanwhile warning bells are ringing after it's emerged that a parliamentary delegation from Denmark will visit the Pacific island of Nauru and gain rare access to Australia’s offshore detention centre to consider whether such controversial immigration policies could be adopted in Europe.
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