Turkey breaks up smuggling ring that brought thousands of migrants to Europe
The network mainly helped Afghan, Iraqi and Syrian nationals cross into European countries from Turkey by land and sea
Iraq hands over 188 Turkish children of suspected Islamic State members
About 1,100 children of Islamic State are caught in the Iraqi justice system. The youngest stay with their mothers in prison. At least seven children have died because of poor conditions.
WHO counts down Africa polio clock despite fears of new outbreak
Africa's last case of wild polio was recorded in Nigeria in August 2016
Disaster aid bill worth $19.1 bln blocked again in U.S. House
Lawmakers have been haggling over the bill in response to hurricanes in the southeastern United States, severe flooding in the Midwest, devastating wildfires in California and other events
East Congo villagers kill Ebola health worker, loot clinic
Attacks on treatment centres by armed groups and by mistrust among residents, have become major impediments to containing Congo's worst ever Ebola outbreak
U.S. presidential hopeful Harris to unveil plan to protect abortion rights
Kamala Harris joins fellow White House hopefuls in pushing back against Republican-backed state laws that restrict a woman's right to end a pregnancy
Rights group accuses Egyptian forces of war crimes in Sinai
An Egyptian military spokesman denied the report, saying it was based on undocumented sources
Northwest Nigeria violence drives 20,000 into Niger -UNHCR
Military, police and state security forces have been deployed to northwest Nigeria in recent months to tackle criminal gangs behind a spate of killings and kidnappings
WHO sees high risk as polio breaks out in Central African Republic
The cases, reported to WHO on May 24, were caused by 'vaccine-derived' polio rather than the wild type of the virus that still circulates in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Tornado hits Dayton area; more storms expected further south
The latest storm comes after a spate of tornadoes and floods killed at least six people in Oklahoma over the weekend