Eight killed in quake, aftershocks in Philippines, 60 injured - agency
The national disaster agency said it was sending medical and rescue teams to the islands, about half way between the main Philippine island of Luzon and Taiwan
U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall
In a highly unusual move, Trump on Feb. 15 declared a national emergency in a bid to fund the wall without congressional approval
Thousands of Colombians march to protest activist killings
Many of the murdered activists worked against drug trafficking or illegal mining and in favor of environmental or land restitution causes
Saudi-led forces, Israel among states rapped by U.N. for killing children
The Children in Armed Conflict report has long been controversial with diplomats saying Saudi Arabia and Israel both exerted pressure in recent years in a bid to stay off the list
WHO says it could use more U.S. help on the ground in Ebola fight
The virus has killed more than 1,700 people in Congo since the world's second-worst outbreak was declared almost a year ago
Italy's Salvini blocks own coastguard ship with migrants on board
Salvini has staked much of his political credibility on a drive to halt migrant flows and has drawn protests by closing Italy's ports to charity rescue ships
UN says Syria air strikes killed at least 100 civilians in past 10 days
Over the past three months, the offensive has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes or temporary shelters to seek refuge near the border with Turkey
INSIGHT-Wrongful detentions, judges' quotas in the search for illegals in India's Assam
U.N. experts warned that the citizenship drive in Assam risked rendering millions stateless or in prolonged detention, and that the process 'could fuel religious discrimination'
Police ordered to pull their weight as Indonesia fights obesity
Indonesia has seen a spike in obesity in recent years and the World Health Organisation in 2016 estimated that at least 28 percent of Indonesia's 250 million people were overweight
Global warming reshapes almanac for tea growers in China's Yunnan
Tea pickings this year have been slim at Nannuoshan, one of six major pu'er mountains in Yunnan, where the hottest weather and lowest rainfall in decades have lowered output