Up to 80 pct of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance
Thailand's warning system includes warning towers, a network of detection buoys in the sea and public announcement systems
Stranded Yemenis, thousands of others stand to lose "golden ticket" to U.S.
"Imagine you get notified you got the golden ticket, only to have it yanked away"
Second typhoon batters Taiwan; financial markets open on Monday
It is the first time the island has issued alerts for two storms simultaneously in 50 years
African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, official says 24 dead
Al Shabaab wants to force out the peacekeepers, oust the Western-backed government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam in Somalia
8,000 to leave Syria-Lebanon border zone as ceasefire deal advances
First step in ceasefire took place on Sunday as the two sides exchanged bodies of fighters killed in clashes
Nigeria scaling up Boko Haram fight, seeking abducted oil workers
Boko Haram insurgency has killed 20,000 people and forced some 2.7 million to flee their homes in the last eight years
Lost children are legacy of battle for Iraq's Mosul
Some children have been found wandering alone and afraid among the rubble, others joining the refugee exodus from the pulverized city
At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost
The Baron played host to adventurers, writers, kings, aviators, Bedouin chiefs and presidents until war forced it to close five years ago
Suspected diphtheria cases up in crisis-stricken Venezuela, data suggests
The return of diphtheria shows how vulnerable the country is amid a crippling economic crisis that has led to a scarcity of antibiotics and vaccines
Turkish women march in rights protest in Istanbul
Women protested against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively