Ecuador’s highest court has approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the traditionally Catholic country.

Dozens of crew-members have been rescued after abandoning 2 oil tankers hit by explosions in the Gulf of Oman.

At least 4 more bodies have been recovered as salvage crews raised the wreck of a tourist boat, which sank on the Danube in Budapest last month.

6 of 8 men accused of the rape, torture and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl in Indian-administered Kashmir are found guilty in a specially convened fast-track court.

Linda Fairstein has announced her resignation from the boards of Vassar College and nonprofit Safe Horizon amid renewed backlash inspired by her role as prosecutor in the “Central Park Five” case.

The Coast Guard in the U.S. has intercepted 50 Haitian migrants on an overloaded boat and has sent them back to the island.

A transgender woman has been fatally shot in Dallas, Texas.

Reports that WhatsApp messaging is hacked.

A military uprising in Venezuela.

A second woman has accused former US Vice-President Joe Biden of inappropriate touching, as the leading Democrat mulls a White House bid.