Free domestic violence hotline launches in Papua New Guinea
The hotline has been set up in response to widespread violence against women and girls
Escaped Yazidi sex slaves need mental health support-aid group
Islamic State is still holding at least 3,000 Yazidis
Floods cause acute water shortage in hundreds of Myanmar villages
Authorities race to clean contaminated water sources while distributing bottled water and purification tablets
"I wasn't always a broken person" - aid workers describe fieldwork
In 2014, 120 aid workers killed, 121 kidnapped, with Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan recording most attacks on staff
More than 1,000 children killed, injured in "brutal" Yemen conflict - U.N.
The war has killed more than 4,300 people, spread disease and hunger throughout the country
Andes faces water woes, rainfall may drop by one-third by 2100 - study
Part of the reason is that increased greenhouse gas emissions are changing wind patterns
Singer Elton John slams Venice mayor for ban on gay children's books
Luigi Brugnaro was elected in June and banned 50 books featuring same-sex couples from schools a month later
Mauritania anti-slavery law threatened by NGO crackdown plan - activists
Mauritania has the highest prevalence of slavery in the world
Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing
Guidelines on responsible land acquisition drafted by Nestle, Unilever, Coca-Cola, with Oxfam and Global Witness
INTERVIEW-India embarks on national drive to protect its forest inhabitants
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for action to protect livelihoods of forest dwellers