Trump gets Swiss army security as climate protesters trek to Davos
Climate activists are set to reach Davos by hiking trails and train after authorities banned foot traffic on a road leading to the ski resort from the neighbouring village of Klosters
After fire, dust and hail play havoc on Australian summer
Dust storms threaten to drift over more heavily populated cities including Sydney, bringing a new element to this summer's extreme weather
World's richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 bln combined - Oxfam
Unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry
"We can't wait": Maldives desperate for funds as islands risk going under
The Maldives, a luxury holiday destination, says it has struggled to find money to build critical protective infrastructure like sea-walls
U.N. says around 350,000 Syrians have fled Russian-led assault in Idlib
Residents and rescuers say dozens of towns and villages are in ruins from weeks of intensive aerial bombing
Record 45 mln people across Southern Africa face hunger- U.N. food agency
Southern Africa is in the grips of a severe drought, as climate change wreaks havoc in impoverished countries already struggling to cope with extreme natural disasters
Nigerian Islamist militants free 3 aid workers, other civilian hostages -U.N.
The people were kidnapped on Dec. 22 by militants posing as soldiers who stopped a convoy of commercial vehicles travelling towards the city of Maiduguri
Philippine volcano shows signs of calming, but danger remains
More than 53,000 residents have abandoned their homes around Taal to take shelter in evacuation centres, but thousands more are refusing to leave or have already drifted back
Quake-hit Puerto Rico to get $8.2 bln in delayed U.S. aid
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested in July last year that Puerto Rico could not be trusted to manage federal aid