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A Japanese court ruled Friday that a transgender woman cannot legally be regarded as a parent of one of her own children. The woman, assigned male at birth, used sperm obtained before her transition to have two daughters with her female partner, reported Kyodo…

At least eight people were confirmed dead on Saturday as security forces battled Islamist militants who stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a security commander said. “The security forces continued to neutralise terrorists who have been cordoned inside a room in…

Mexico on Friday arrested a former attorney general who led a controversial investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 — one of the country’s worst human rights tragedies. Arrest warrants were also issued for dozens more suspects including military personnel, police…

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends, and vowed she had never used illegal drugs. Marin, 36, also said her ability…

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was described by prosecutors as a "predator" who could not take no for an answer as the trial began Monday of the French soccer player accused of eight counts of rape. Mendy also has been accused of one count of attempted…

US rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday over an alleged shooting in Hollywood last year. The 33-year-old, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said. Mayers is alleged to have…

The United States imposed sanctions on three Liberian government officials, including President George Weah's chief of staff, for what it says is their ongoing involvement in public corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday. The sanctions target Weah's Chief of Staff Nathaniel…

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the US Central Intelligence Agency and its former director Mike Pompeo on Monday, alleging it recorded their conversations and copied data from their phones and computers. The attorneys, along with two journalists joining the suit, are…

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the country's next President, the electoral commission announced Monday. Ruto won with 50.49% of the vote, narrowly defeating veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was contesting his fifth election. He…

The United  States  government is in the process of seizing    the $604,260 proceeds of fraud from Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide to the Ogun State governor. The US applied to  the District Court in Tacoma for the forfeiture of the money after Rufai pleaded…