Australia defends alternative accommodation for asylum seekers against U.N. criticism
"There is accommodation that is perfectly acceptable" - Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
Second U.S. judge halts Trump ban on transgender troops
Trump announced in July that he would ban transgender people from the military
EXCLUSIVE-Tillerson under fire: U.S. diplomats accuse him of breaking child soldiers law
U.S. officials accuse Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers
Truck bomb in northern Iraq kills at least 23
Most of the casualties were civilians
Yemen Houthis say Sanaa airport repaired, ready to receive flights-agency
The airport had been mainly used by international relief agencies
Turkey charges three Bulgarians with migrant smuggling
Turkey has charged three Bulgarians with illegal migrant trafficking and assisting a criminal organisation
Iraq relocates hundreds of foreign wives and children of suspected militants to Baghdad
Local officials, security and aid agency sources said more than 800 women and children had been moved to a secure detention facility in Baghdad
U.S. Congress members decry 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar; Suu Kyi doubts allegations
"We can't say whether it has happened or not. As a responsibility of the government, we have to make sure that it won't happen," Aung Suu Kyi told reporters
U.N. rebukes Philippines president Duterte, Burundi officials for threats
"We condemn this treatment of Ms Callamard"
Suicide bomber kills 50 in Nigeria in deadliest attack this year
The government has said Boko Haram's eight-year insurgency is almost defeated but the group continues to attack civilian and military targets