World Bank issues $360 million Mexico catastrophe bonds
The bonds are designed to cover costs of immediate emergency relief functions
Nine family members killed in Yemen air strike
"We are recording all the crimes of the enemy and we will not forget them"
At least six Buddhists killed in rising Rakhine violence
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is refusing to cooperate with a UN fact-finding mission set up to look into abuses in Rakhine and elsewhere
Killed and dumped in wells: probe reveals horrors of Gambia's ex-regime
New investigation sheds light on 52 missing migrants
U.S. Senate confirms new USAID administrator Mark Green
Green's appointment has been widely applauded by development experts and aid groups
Mexico officials accused of abuse in migration centers -report
The migrants, most of whom come from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, complained of regular physical and verbal abuse, including death threats
Bill to cut off aid to Palestinians passed by U.S. committee
Opponents of the bill worry cutting off economic aid to the Palestinians will increase poverty and instability in the West Bank and Gaza
Haitian asylum seekers, fearing U.S. deportation, pour into Canada
The Canadian province of Quebec is getting as many as 150 refugee claims a day
Vietnam TV shows oil executive who Germany says was abducted
The German foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Vietnam had abducted the asylum seeker
World Islamic body OIC tells Myanmar to protect rights of Rohingya minority
"Myanmar should sit with Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia to find a roadmap for the solution of the crisis"