Bride among 20 dead in Yemen wedding airstrike; non-citizen children in Jordan cast adrift; Armenia's prime minister resigns; Russia blocking the internet; Rana Plaza 5 years on; death penalty & child rape in India; why Pompeo should not run US State Department; medics under attack in South Sudan; Indonesia to ban child brides; medics under attack in South Sudan

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At least 20 people attending a wedding party in northern Yemen, including the bride and several children, are reported to have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition, which is fighting a rebel Houthi movement in the country. Medics and residents said more than 30 others were also injured in Sunday's attack. A coalition spokesman said the reports would be "fully investigated".
Children born to Jordanian mothers and non-Jordanian fathers are not allowed to assume their mother's nationality, an act which is forcing hundreds of thousands of such children into a life of near destitution, new HRW research shows.
People in Armenia are celebrating after the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan following 11 days of massive public protests. But what happens now?
Russian authorities are blocking millions of IP addresses - all part of their war on Telegram, an Internet-based messenger, for the company’s refusal to provide its encryption keys to security services.
Five years on from the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh, when more than 1,100 people were killed when a clothing factory collapsed on top of them, are garment workers actually any safer?
India's parliament should not introduce capital punishment for those convicted of raping a girl under 12 years of age, despite the heinous nature of such a crime.
Ever wondered why human rights groups are against a former CIA director running the US State Department? Here's why.
Both government and opposition forces in South Sudan have deliberately destroyed, looted and occupied hospitals and clinics, and abducted and killed medical personnel and aid workers as a tactic of war, says a new report by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict.
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