Death toll in migrant ship disaster off Tunisia coast rises to 58
The Tunisian Red Crescent believes that the eventual toll from the incident could be higher than 80, which would make it one of the worst migrant boat disasters to date
Blast causes deaths in Syria's rebel-held Afrin
The blast struck an entrance to the city, killing civilians including children, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitoring group said
India hands over 250 houses for Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine
Activists say that development projects in Rakhine will have little impact unless human rights issues are addressed
INSIGHT - When the U.S. puts a border between migrant kids and their caretakers
As a new Trump administration policy rapidly expands, family separations increasingly are complicated by a formidable barrier: an international border
Violent storm kills six foreigners in northern Greek resorts
Such severe storms are unusual in Greece, where summers are typically hot and dry
Heavy rain, floods in China force evacuation of nearly 80,000
The affected areas include the southern provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi, eastern Zhejiang, the southeastern province of Fujian, and the northern parts of the southwestern Guangxi region
Beaten and abused, Sudan's women bear scars of fight for freedom
Women were a driving force during months of protests against President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule, before he was replaced by a military council in April
West, Japan rebuke China at UN for detention of Uighurs
U.N. experts and activists say at least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centres in the western Xinjiang region
India receives above normal rains this week, spurring crop planting
India is still recovering from a drought last year that ravaged crops, killed livestock, emptied reservoirs and drained water supplies
'World should know,' migrant tells U.S. Congress of toddler's death
The toddler contracted a deadly lung infection during a 20-day detention near the U.S. border with Mexico