Russia says U.S. refusal to rebuild Syria a ploy to slow refugee return
According to the U.N.'s refugee agency, nearly 5.5 million Syrians have fled abroad to escape the country's war
Joy, disbelief as Korean families separated by war meet after 65 years
More than 57,000 have registered for a reunion
India's flood-hit Kerala faces huge clean-up, fear of disease
Dozens of people are missing and nearly a million are sheltering in thousands of relief camps
Indonesia relief efforts in Lombok stepped up as new quakes kill 10
Hundreds of thousands of residents have been left homeless and are camped out in open fields, refusing to shelter indoors due to continuing tremors
Britain to stop some aid for Syrian opposition in rebel-held areas
The Foreign Office and Department for International Development had determined the aid programmes in the northwestern parts of Syria to be "unsustainable"
Tense calm on Brazil-Venezuelan border after anti-immigrant riot
1,200 Venezuelans, including women and children, fled back into Venezuela on Saturday when residents went on a rampage after the stabbing and beating of a local shop owner
Afghanistan announces Muslim Eid holiday ceasefire with Taliban
Since the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops in 2014, the Taliban has made slow but steady gains, now controlling or contesting more than 40 percent of Afghanistan
Series of quakes rocks Indonesia's Lombok, causing panic
A series of quakes on Sunday killed one person and caused others to rush out of buildings in panic
Focus shifts to rescues as rain abates in India's flood-hit Kerala
Kerala's chief minister said the total number of people taking refuge at the 5,645 relief camps had risen to 725,000
Eight years late, Palestinian mail arrives in West Bank
More than 10 tonnes of mail that has been delayed by Israel for the past eight years