Cyclone Fani expected to intensify as it heads toward eastern India
The Odisha state government has asked officials to be alert and evacuate people if the storm intensifies and makes landfall there
INSIGHT - Fearful and fenced in: foreign children of IS face indefinite stay in Iraq
Rusafa women's prison holds 1,241 foreign women and children of suspected IS fighters from more than a dozen countries, 774 of them aged from nine months and 15 years old
Trump directs officials to toughen asylum rules
Immigrant advocates say the Trump administration's efforts to restrict asylum protections harms people legitimately seeking refuge from violence and persecution
Peru deports first large group of Venezuelan migrants
Deportation follows reports in local media in recent months about Venezuelan nationals involved in criminal rackets, including an alleged kidnapping-for-ransom gang
Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
The outbreak in the country's eastern regions is now spreading at its fastest rate, due largely to a spate of attacks by militiamen and others distrustful of the international response
South Sudan hires U.S. lobbyists to help block war crimes court - contract
U.N. agencies have accused troops loyal to both President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar of atrocities during the conflict - accusations that both sides have regularly denied
U.N. chief raises issue of Xinjiang's Uighurs during China visit
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has repeatedly pushed China to allow the UN access to investigate reports of disappearances and arbitrary detentions
Migrant youths seeking legal status sue Trump administration in new challenge
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of four anonymous people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador who say they were victims of family abuse and gang violence in their home countries
Rain grounds Mozambique aid flights as cyclone death toll hits 38
Communities in remote areas have been cut off with few supplies in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth
Russian 'siege' chokes Syrian camp in shadow of U.S. base
Conditions at Rukban are tough, but it offers one big advantage to the 36,000 people sheltering there: protection from Russian air strikes and pro-Assad forces