Friday blast at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad wounds several -police sources
Police sources said on Friday a suicide belt or improvised explosive device had been used in the attack in the Baladiyat neighbourhood
Sri Lanka extends emergency for third month after Easter bombings
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed more than 250 people, including 42 foreigners
'Brain fever' blamed for India child deaths preventable -doctors
The deaths were preventable, doctors say, if poor families had access to good food, clean water and better medical care
World Food Programme begins partial suspension of aid in Yemen -statement
The U.N. agency feeds more than 10 million people a month across the Arabian Peninsula's poorest nation
Painting and scraping: An Afghan refugee's hopes for German residence
More than 1.5 million people have come to Germany seeking asylum since 2013, mostly from the Middle East and Africa
Displaced families suffering subhuman conditions in Ethiopia - Egeland
The government says 2.3 million citizens are displaced inside the country, 1.7 million of them after fleeing conflict
INSIGHT-After years of war and drought, Iraq's bumper crop is burning
Islamic State has urged its supporters to wage economic warfare with fire
Colombian armed groups recruiting desperate Venezuelans, army says
An estimated 1.3 million Venezuelan migrants have settled in Colombia in recent years, fleeing shortages of food, electricity and water
Four jailed for life over death of 71 migrants in Hungarian truck
The deaths of 59 men, eight women and four children from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan shocked Europe as it was struggling to cope with a massive influx of migrants