South Sudan rivals sign peace agreement in Khartoum
The agreement aims to end a war in which tens of thousands of people have been killed.
UN warns of huge Syria battle, Syria claims right to fight terrorism
Battle could affect a population similar to the total affected by the battles for eastern Ghouta and Aleppo, official warns
Malta to allow migrant rescue ship to dock, ending standoff
The Lifeline is the second charity ship that Italy has shut out of its ports this month
Britain's Prince William tells Palestinians "you have not been forgotten"
"The links of friendship and mutual respect between the Palestinian and British people can grow stronger"
U.N. rights envoy urges Myanmar to end discrimination against Rohingya
More than 700,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya have escaped Buddhist-majority Myanmar since last August
Lebanon says UNHCR residence visas depend on Syria refugee plan
Officials have stepped up calls for some of the refugees registered in Lebanon to go back to parts of Syria where violence has died down
Ireland to allow asylum seekers to work for first time
Asylum seekers faced a 1,000 euro application fee, a minimum 30,000 euro per year salary and a ban on working in 60 sectors before being employed
Syrian offensive knocks hospitals out of service -monitor
The United Nations says the 10-day-old offensive has uprooted at least 45,000 civilians
Near-record tree cover losses in 2017 strip area as big as Italy
Norway's environment minister says pace of forest losses is "catastrophic" and threatens efforts to slow global warming
Fires to clear land lead to near-record loss of tree cover in 2017, study shows
Tropical forests were lost at a rate equivalent to 40 football fields per minute in 2017, says World Resources Institute