Europe's heatwave consistent with climate change, more to come - UN
It is too soon to definitely attribute the current blistering heatwave to climate change but it is "absolutely consistent" with extremes linked to the impact of greenhouse gas emissions
West must be in 'driver's seat' for Syria reconstruction - HRW
Syrian government has kept tight controls on the aid flow into the country throughout its eight-year civil war, often depriving civilians in opposition areas of supplies
Attorneys ask court to intervene against U.S. over migrant kids' detention conditions
Visitors to the facilities found children held for weeks without access to soap, clean water, showers or even a change of clothes
U.S. Congress headed for border funding compromise as migrants kept in squalor
A photo of drowned migrants, and reports of horrendous conditions for detained children, have spurred efforts to craft compromise legislation
One dead, at least 24 wounded as bombs hit buses in Iraq's Kirkuk
On Tuesday, four Iraqi federal policemen were killed after a bomb went off southwest of Kirkuk
U.S. churches, some immigration officers denounce sending asylum seekers to Mexico
U.S. border patrol agents say they have apprehended 664,000 people along the southern border so far this year, a 144 percent increase from last year
Coffee slump reaps bitter harvest for Central American migrants
International coffee prices in May hit their lowest levels in 13 years, due largely to surging output in Brazil and Vietnam, though prices have since recovered some of those losses
"Worst is still to come": Sizzling Europe battles wildfires, health risks
Temperatures climbed towards 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of northern Spain and southern France, driving many people to seek relief in the sea, rivers, lakes and fountains
"The worst is still to come": sizzling Europe battles wildfires, health risks
Temperatures climbed towards 44 degrees Celsius in parts of northern Spain and southern France, driving many people to seek relief in the sea, rivers, lakes, fountains and pools
U.S. Congress clashes over border funding as migrants kept in squalor
Attorneys last week called attention to more than 300 children detained in squalid conditions at a border patrol facility in Texas