Somalia hit by worst desert locust invasion in 25 years
Conflict and chaos in much of Somalia has made spraying pesticide by airplane impossible
Gunmen in Pakistan kill two police escorting polio vaccinators
In the past, militants have called vaccination teams foreign agents, and peddled conspiracy theories that their campaigns were a Western ploy to sterilise Muslims
Costa Rica calls for aid, grappling with spike in Nicaraguan refugees
Costa Rica has received 77,000 refugee applications and expects arrivals to keep coming
Deforestation on Brazilian tribal lands highest in 11 years
Land grabbers, illegal loggers and miners are the main drivers of deforestation on indigenous reservations, according to study
Erdogan says world cares more about Syria's oil than its children
Turkey wants hundreds of thousands more Syrian refugees to move voluntarily to a "peace zone" in northern Syria
Iraqi refugee sets sights on Paralympics
Four years after reaching Greece on a journey that took Wisam Sami from war-torn Mosul to Athens via Turkey, he is hoping to bag a spot to compete in fencing at Tokyo 2020
Roadside bomb kills 10 members of Afghan family
The family was on their way to a neighbouring province when their vehicle struck the device planted on the main road
Sri Lanka's 'Foundation of Goodness' turns around a village decimated by tsunami
'Everything was ruined to rubble within the matter of a few minutes. But the good thing is we were able to turn the setback into a blessing'
Satellite detects methane; seen as tool in fight to save climate
Oil and gas accidents have long emitted vast amounts of planet-warming methane, and measuring such releases has been a scientific challenge
Dengue fever finds breeding ground in war-weary Yemen
Medical staff in Yemen say the disease is thriving among crowded populations of people displaced and weakened by war living in unsanitary conditions