Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general
"Sexual violence is being commanded, orchestrated and perpetrated by the Armed Forces of Myanmar, otherwise known as the Tatmadaw"
Cost of diabetes epidemic reaches $850 billion a year
The epidemic is spreading particularly fast in poorer countries as people adopt Western diets and urban lifestyles
Puerto Rico requests $94.4 bln from U.S. Congress for rebuilding
At the top of priorities is $31.1 billion for housing, followed by $17.8 billion to rebuild and make more resilient the power grid
Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing more than 450
The quake was felt as far as Turkey and Israel
Europe, Africa ministers agree to help migrants held in Libya
European and African officials say the numbers reaching Europe have finally been falling over the past few months due to better efforts to fight smuggling
Bob Geldof calls Aung San Suu Kyi "handmaiden to genocide"
Dublin City Council still reviewing Myanmar leader's award
Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing at least 332
At least 1,700 injured in Iran
PNG threatens to forcibly remove asylum seekers from abandoned Australian detention centre
"Immigration came and bored holes in the water tanks where we had been collecting rain water"
INSIGHT-A year after Trump's election, coal's future remains bleak
U.S. utilities are shutting coal-fired power plants at a rapid pace and shifting to cheap natural gas, along with wind and solar power
Southeast Asia summit draft statement skips over Rohingya crisis
The plight of the Rohingya has brought outrage from around the world and there have been calls for democracy champion Suu Kyi to be stripped of the Nobel peace prize