World Bank under fire for development plan in Myanmar's divided Rakhine
The project has sparked worries an injection of cash could be counterproductive in the divided region, where Rohingya people remain under apartheid-like conditions
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen strikes Sanaa, casualties reported
The Sanaa strikes targeted nine military sites in and around the city, residents said, with humanitarian agencies reporting a number of casualties
Australia's drought wilts support for government in rural heartlands
Driven by anger on issues from climate change to water allocation, the splintering presents a problem for the governing conservative coalition
After fleeing bombs, Syrian families shelter in olive groves
Some have made makeshift tents by stringing sheets between the olive trees, while infants sleep under mosquito nets suspended from the branches
Yemen combatants wide apart on sharing vital port revenues
The war has devastated Yemen's economy, exacerbating an urgent humanitarian crisis with millions of Yemenis on the brink of starvation
Quake of 5.7 magnitude shakes buildings in El Salvador and Nicaragua
The epicenter was near to where the land borders of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua are at their closest point
Austrian Muslims to challenge school headscarf ban in court
The primary school headscarves ban will apply to girls up to around the age of 10
Alabama governor signs strictest U.S. abortion ban into law
U.S. abortion rights activists had already vowed to go to court to block enforcement of the Alabama measure, the strictest anti-abortion law yet enacted
'Hidden health crisis' of snakebites gets $100 million funding injection
The project aims to improve the world's supply of antivenoms and develop new drugs for the future
Senators want visas for Afghans now stranded after helping U.S. forces
The bill would provide 4,000 Special Immigrant Visas for the rest of the federal fiscal year ending on Sept. 30