Global death toll of landmines rises due to mines laid by militants
Some 71% of the casualties in 2018 were civilians, and of these, over half were children
U.N. refugees chief urges Greece to improve "miserable" camp conditions
Greece's new conservative government has taken a tougher stance than its leftist predecessor on the migrant crisis, saying it will "shut the door" to people not entitled to stay in the country
Shrinking lake in Mali spells end of line for family of fishermen
Villagers have planted trees and are building stone cordons to help the soil retain what little rainfall there is - but say the future looks bleak as temperatures rise
U.N. investigators eye 160 Islamic State militants over Yazidi massacres
IS overran the Yazidi faith's heartland of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014, forcing young women into servitude as 'wives' for its fighters and massacring men and older women
Powerful quake kills 21 in Albania as buildings bury residents
The quake was the second powerful tremor to hit the region in two months
Floods kill at least 39 in Congo's capital Kinshasa
Floods are not unusual in Kinshasa but they rarely cause so many deaths
WHO, UNICEF evacuate 76 staff from Ebola teams in Congo due to insecurity
Residents angry at perceived inaction of government and UN peacekeeping mission set fire to mayor's office and several UN buildings on Monday
Myanmar begins rare court martial after probe into Rohingya atrocities
Soldiers, police, and Buddhist villagers are alleged to have razed hundreds of villages in the Rakhine state, torturing Rohingya as they fled, carrying out mass-killings and gang-rapes
At least four dead after massive floods hit southeastern France
Several rivers burst their banks in southeastern France, causing major damage as homes were flooded and trees, cars and boats were swept along by the waters
Migrant with gunshot wound evacuated from Open Arms rescue ship
Doulla said he was arrested by police and spent 16 days in prison before managing to escape. He did not say how or when he was shot, other than it happened in Libya