Deadly protests in India highlight despair of poor landless farmers
Landless peasants are struggling to pay back debt with meagre earnings from lower produce prices
Brazil scientists develop biosensor for cheap dengue diagnosis
"You can do a diagnosis very fast, at a very low cost, and you don't need to have a lot of knowledge of this equipment"
Faced with more drought, Zimbabwe’s farmers hang up their ploughs
Musafare Chiweshe's land is producing a crop even as southern Africa's droughts grow stronger and more frequent
Nigerian shelter shrugs off attacks to save girls from marriage and street work
At least four in 10 girls in Nigeria are married before they turn 18, while almost a fifth are wed before 15, UNICEF data shows
Scottish church becomes first in Britain to allow same-sex marriages
Britain legalised same-sex marriage in 2014 but no major Christian church had so far allowed same-sex weddings
UAE on track to improve conditions for migrant domestic workers - rights organisation
A new bill will give domestic workers 30 days paid vacation a year, one day off a week, medical insurance, and a work contract
India's first solar satellite television service brings 'magic' to villages
Clean energy powers entertainment for thousands in pay-as-you-go scheme in Indian villages
FACTBOX - 12 facts as World Oceans Day puts spotlight on climate change, pollution, overfishing
"The health of our oceans and seas requires us to put aside short-term gain, to avoid long-term global catastrophe" - U.N.
British Ebola nurse struck by suffering of survivors, orphans after return to Sierra Leone
"The psychological impact is something no-one talks about but it is so clearly evident ... people are by no means over Ebola as it has clearly left an immense scar (on Sierra Leone)"