Rescued migrants say lucky to dodge Libyan coastal clampdown
Arrivals in Italy of rescued migrants fell 50 percent in July from a year earlier, and declined more than 80 percent in August
U.S. AIDS strategy to focus on 13 countries close to controlling epidemic
Countries include Kenya, Zambia, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Lesotho, Ivory Coast, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Haiti and Rwanda
U.N. peacekeepers pressed to do more with less as further cuts loom
Missions dogged by lack of accountability
Anti-Assad nations say no to Syria reconstruction until political process on track
"The reconstruction of Syria depends very much on that credible political process. That political process is focused on Geneva and the role of the United Nations"
A Rohingya refugee carries a baby through swollen waters in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
A Rohingya refugee carries a baby through a swollen water stream in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
People smugglers test new migrant sea route through Romania
Hundreds of migrants from the Middle East have reached Romania in recent weeks after crossing Black Sea from Turkey.
WHO plans global war on cholera as Yemen caseload nears 700,000
Yemen cholera crisis - the most explosive outbreak on record - is heading towards 700,000 suspected cases.
Hurricane Maria gains strength, bears down on Caribbean islands
Hurricane warnings are in place for Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Bangladesh sets aside rift with Myanmar to ease rice shortage
Normally the world's fourth biggest rice producer, Bangladesh has become a major importer this year after floods hit its crops.
Locked in power struggle, Congo army and militia massacred hundreds - report
The report by the Congo Research Group (CRG) at New York University is the most comprehensive to date on the killings of more than 800 people