• Judge Blocks Mississippi Law Allowing Denial of Services to LGBT People on Religious Grounds

  A day before it was due to come into effect, a federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law permitting those with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and impose dress and bathroom restrictions on transgender people.

  

• Children Face 'Staggeringly High' Hunger in Conflict-Hit Central African Republic; 60 Children Die Daily

  Across the Central African Republic, up to 60 children die every day due to malnutrition, according to aid organization Action Against Hunger (ACF).

  

• Supreme Court Spurns Abortion Restrictions in Two More States

  Reverberations from the U.S. Supreme Court's major ruling backingabortion rights were felt on Tuesday as the justices rejected bids by Mississippi and Wisconsin to revive restrictions on abortion doctors matching those struck down in Texas on Monday.

  

• Kim Jong Un, North Korea's 'Dear Respected Comrade' Leader, Gets a New Title

  North Korea's parliament awarded Kim Jong Un a new post on Wednesday, adding to a long list of titles for the young leader.

  

• Divided Supreme Court Rejects Christian Family Pharmacy's Religious Claim

  A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal by a family-owned pharmacy that cited Christian beliefs in objecting to providing emergency contraceptives to women under a Washington state rule, prompting a searing dissent by conservative Justice Samuel Alito.