• Bangladesh Writers Stage Freedom Rally Despite Fear of Attack

  About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital on Tuesday, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked writers and publishers critical of religious militancy.

  

• U.S. Orders Girls' Locker Room Access for Transgender Illinois Student

  The U.S. government on Monday found that a Chicago suburban high school district discriminated against a transgender student and gave the school a month to provide full access to girls' locker rooms or lose federal funding.

  

• Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Biblical Fortress Constructed Under King David in Jerusalem

  After a century of searching, archaeologists say they have found the remnants of an ancient Greek fortress once a center of power in Jerusalem and a stronghold used to hold off a Jewish rebellion celebrated in the scriptural Book of the Maccabees.

  

• Babies Exposed to Dogs, Farm Animals Less Likely to Develop Asthma By Age of 6

  Babies exposed to dogs and farm animals may be less likely to develop asthma by the age six, a Swedish study suggests.

  

• October's Migrant, Refugee Flow to Europe Roughly Matched Whole Of 2014

  The number of migrants and refugees entering Europe by sea last month was roughly the same as that for the whole of 2014, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Monday