Carolina coast battening down, boarding up as hurricane nears
Four governors declare states of emergency
Bangladesh says it won't assimilate Rohingya Muslims
Some 700,000 Rohingya refugees crossed from the west of mostly Buddhist Myanmar into Bangladesh from August last year
Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage in their thousands
LGBT Chinese have been openly tackling bureaucracy, legal uncertainty and entrenched social norms to assert their place in society
Slamming the door: How Trump transformed U.S. refugee program
This year, with a record high 68.5 mln displaced people worldwide, the U.S. is on track to take in about 22,000 refugees, a quarter the number admitted in 2016
U.N. war crimes team documents further Syrian govt. use of banned chlorine
The three incidents bring to 39 the number of chemical attacks which the Commission of Inquiry on Syria has documented since 2013
For India's poorest, an ID card can be the difference between life and death
Authorities cancelled old handwritten government ration cards last year and replaced them with a biometric card to weed out bogus beneficiaries
'Monster' Hurricane Florence to pummel U.S. Southeast for days
Landfall in Carolinas forecast for Friday
U.N. chief pushes for protection of civilians in Syria's Idlib
The U.N. has described Idlib as a "dumping ground" for people evacuated and displaced from elsewhere in Syria during the seven-year war
As Idlib offensive looms, Syrians flee to border villages
More than 30,000 people have fled their homes in northwest Syria since the army and allied forces resumed bombardment last week
Dozens killed and injured in suicide attack at Afghan protest
Officials have warned violence is likely to intensify ahead of parliamentary elections next month and a presidential election in April