Matilde Suescún believes the fairytale aspiration to an engagement ring is damaging for women.

Soo-yuen Park has dedicated her life to helping the victims of digital sex crimes in South Korea.

Nargis Taraki, 21, was the fifth daughter born to her parents in a village in Afghanistan.

A safehouse in the US is now allowing women and their pets to escape domestic violence together.

Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick, a record-breaking superbiker, has travelled solo around the world to change attitudes towards women in Iran.

US-Somali Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar wants a law change to allow the wearing of hijabs in Congress.

The former US president's single term in office was defined by the first Iraq war against Saddam Hussein.

Relive the dramatic World Cup Final between France and Croatia which saw a record broken, own goals, great goals and a goalkeeping howler.

The 41st US president led an international coalition to oust Saddam from Kuwait, but he lost to Bill Clinton in 1992.

Images of the life of George HW Bush, the ultimate political insider who served as CIA chief, vice-president and president of the US.

One of the most experienced men to arrive to arrive at the White House

From World War Two veteran to oil tycoon - the former US president has died aged 94.

George H W Bush was not the first US president to have seen active service in wartime, but he was unique in having his exploits captured on film.

The family that challenged the Kennedys at the political top table

Relive the dramatic World Cup Final between France and Croatia which saw a record broken, own goals, great goals and a goalkeeping howler.

Former Spain striker David Villa is to join Japanese top-flight club Vissel Kobe after leaving Major League Soccer side New York City.

The powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused people to run from buildings.

China's Yu Delu is banned for 10 years and nine months and compatriot Cao Yupeng is also banned in a match-fixing scandal.

Great Britain's women's team pursuit quartet win gold at the UCI Track World Cup in Berlin and there is silver for the men's team sprint trio.

Fires are lit, cars torched and shops looted on a day of protests against France's fuel tax.

One of the NFL's best running backs Kareem Hunt is released by the Kansas City Chiefs after a video appeared to show him shoving and kicking a woman.