Rape, sexual assault in Ukraine conflict may amount to war crimes - U.N.
All sides in the unrest used beatings, forced nudity and other abuses as interrogation techniques to extract confessions
Brazil pushes on with plan to open farmland sales to foreigners
The move is widely backed by investors but opposed by land rights campaigners
FEATURE-Investing in disaster resilience now 'mission critical' for business
Preparing for storms, floods and other natural hazards can protect profitability and help lessen disruption of economies and societies
Penniless and alone, migrant children in Serbia sell sex to survive
"They sleep hungry for nights here. It is cold, they have nothing, no money and they feel they have to do it"
FEATURE-Zimbabwe hit by allegations of bias in food aid
More hunger is threatening in rural areas amid complaints that Zimbabweans who oppose President Mugabe's ruling party are being denied assistance
Famine threat looms as children starve in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria
90,000 of severely malnourished children in northeast Nigeria could starve to death this year - or almost 250 a day
Tribal women corner the market on India's heat-hardy black goats
Cutting out the middleman has helped rural people survive as they face worsening heat and drought as a result of climate change
Mongolian herders need aid to weather second big freeze: Red Cross
Summer droughts followed by harsh winters are causing widespread deaths among livestock that herding families rely on for food, transport and income
Tech is way to fight trafficking - U.S. actor-investor Kutcher
"Technology can be used to enable slavery, but it can also be used to disable slavery"
INTERVIEW - Unleash the entrepreneur in every small farmer - new UN agency chief
Gilbert Houngbo, who served as Prime Minister of Togo from 2008 to 2012, was appointed as president of IFAD on Tuesday evening