Referral challenge hits bid to contain cholera in Nigeria's northeast
Failure to report suspected cholera cases to authorities is hampering efforts to contain an outbreak in refugee camps
FACTBOX - Humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh as 370,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar
An estimated 370,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar. Here are details about the situation gathered from U.N. sources
France eyes legalising assisted reproduction for gay women in 2018
The move would mark a significant extension of gay rights in France, where violent protests preceded the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2013
Battered by cyclone, Philippines suffers flooding, landslides
"Some residents unfortunately did not heed the advice of local officials to evacuate to safer grounds"
Australia kicks off weeks-long same-sex marriage ballot
Despite securing 70 percent public support in an Ipsos/Fairfax poll on Tuesday, the issue of same-sex marriage had faced a political deadlock
Human Rights Watch says Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen are war crimes
The war has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced more than three million and ruined much of the impoverished country's infrastructure
Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads
Miami apartment towers swayed in the high winds, three construction cranes were toppled, and small white-capped waves could be seen in flooded streets
Caribbean residents fend off looters after Irma; Branson urges 'Marshall Plan'
Richard Branson has lived in the British Virgin Islands for the past 11 years
Hurricane Irma kills 10 in Cuba, Castro calls for unity
"We have absolutely nothing, we lost it all, the fridge, the washing machine, we lost it all here"
U.S. high court justice temporarily preserves Trump refugee ban
The court filing is the latest twist in the ongoing legal fight over Trump's sweeping executive order