Thousands evacuated as volcano on holiday island Bali grows more active
Thousands of evacuees are being housed in makeshift shelters including town halls and school gyms and tents in villages around the volcano
Russia, Syria intensify bombing of rebel-held Idlib, witnesses say
The bombing campaign in heavily populated civilian areas shattered six months of relative calm
INSIGHT-UN medics see evidence of rape in Myanmar army "cleansing" campaign
It is rare for U.N. doctors and aid agencies to speak about rape allegedly committed by a state's armed forces
ANALYSIS-Puerto Rico's fragile economy dealt new blow by Maria
Puerto Rico's economy was already fragile but the strongest storm to hit in nearly 90 years could inflict heavy damage on the island's health
Kurdish city gassed by Saddam hopes referendum heralds better days
Kurdish independence vote will be a bittersweet moment for the people of Halabja, a city of 75,000 people still facing the after-effects of the attack by Iraqi government forces in 1988
First refugees taken from offshore detention under U.S. refugee swap deal
"They're happy they're going, and they never want to hear about Australia again"
Fears of dam collapse add to Puerto Rico's misery after hurricane
Some 70,000 people live in a cluster of communities under evacuation downstream from the dam on the rain-swollen Guajataca River
Hopes for Mexico quake survivors dim as search enters 6th day
Aftershocks on Saturday spread fear among Mexico's traumatized population, and a plume of ash spewed from the Popocatepetl volcano in another reminder of the country's volatile geology
Deadly aftershock, volcanic ash spread alarm in Mexico
At some sites, soldiers and volunteers continued efforts to reach victims, even after seismic alarms rang out to warn of the most recent earthquake on Saturday
Buddhist mistrust of foreign aid workers hampers relief for Myanmar's Rohingya
The ethnic Rakhine majority have long complained that foreign aid agencies have given generously to Muslims while ignoring other equally needy people