UN picture book warns 100 million child farm workers of pesticides
Children are particularly vulnerable to pesticide exposure as their organs are less able than those of adults to detoxify chemicals
Eloping Indian couple beaten to death, cremated in "honour killing"
"Honour killings" - when a person is killed by a family member who believes the victim has brought shame on the family - are common in parts of South Asia
INTERVIEW-Political inertia must not strangle climate deal - Pacific island minister
Failure to act on climate change despite having science and technology to do so would be a "terrible thing"
Rights group urges Indonesia to abolish virginity testing
Indonesia last year admitted it conducted virginity tests on women trying to join the police or military
Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan
Machine aims to cut waste and ensure access to clean water in an increasingly water-stressed country
پاکستان: پانی فراہم کرنے والی اے ٹی ایم مشین
Machine aims to cut waste and ensure access to clean water in an increasingly water-stressed country
Experts demand end to immunity for UN peacekeepers over sex abuse
U.N. immunity from legal process is at the core of ongoing sexual abuse of women and children in conflict zones
FEATURE-How one Malian town is trying to fight against hunger
Small changes - a wall to trap rainwater, a fish pond, bigger vegetable gardens - help families grow food and survive
Experts demand end to immunity for UN peacekeepers over sex abuse - TRFN
Over the past 20 years, a succession of media accounts and U.N. reports have exposed the sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers
Optimism over faster diagnosis of neglected Chagas disease - MSF
Chagas kills 12,000 people a year and is transmitted by a cockroach-like bug endemic to Latin America