Flooding kills 18 people in southern Yemen -officials
Aid organisations have warned that the rainy season could exacerbate a cholera epidemic in Yemen
Harvey to make landfall again, Texas death toll mounts from record floods
Unprecedented flooding has left scores of neighborhoods chest-deep in water and badly strained the dams and drainage systems that protect the low-lying area
Air strike near Yemen capital kills seven people - witnesses
Saudi-led military coalition has launched thousands of air strikes against the armed Houthi movement which controls Yemen's capital and much of Yemen's north
Trump surveys devastated Texas as Harvey rages on
About 9,000 people were packed into a Houston Red Cross shelter, with another in Austin, 160 miles away expected to take in 7,000
Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed -Mattis
Mattis to set up a panel of experts serving in the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to provide recommendations on implementing the ban
Lebanon calls on UN to renew peacekeepers' mandate
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrols Lebanon's southern border with Israel
For first time, Saudi women step into haj emergency role
"We consider the women's section a step forward to demonstrate that women can work in any place and in any field"
Libyan coastguard rescues nearly 500 off Tripoli - official
A plan was agreed in Paris on Monday by four European countries and three African states to support nations struggling to contain the flow of people
War-ravaged South Sudan passes budget, but funding will be "difficult"
Finance ministry said last month that it needs donors to fund more than a third of the proposed budget
Libyan coastguard rescues 300 off Tripoli - official
Migrants included people from sub-Saharan countries, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia