Family of four among 14 killed in floods in northern Vietnam
Almost 500 houses and more than 1,400 hectares of rice crops destroyed in nine provinces
Ecuador suspends work on flood-control wall opposed by Peru
In the 1990s, territorial disputes led to a three-year war between the two countries
Murders, masked men spook Rohingya in Bangladesh camps
The worst violence in the refugee camps since the Rohingya began fleeing Buddhist-majority Myanmar more than a quarter of a century ago
WHO warns of cholera risk at annual haj, praises Saudi preparedness
The pilgrimage draws 2-4 million Muslims every year, raising the risk from diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, Zika virus and meningococcal disease as well as cholera
Iraq collectively punishing Islamic State families-HRW
"Forced displacements and arbitrary detentions have been taking place in Anbar, Babil, Diyala, Salah al-Din, and Nineveh governorates, altogether affecting hundreds of families"
INTERVIEW-Traumatized civilians fleeing Syria's Raqqa in droves -UN official
30,000-50,000 trapped in the IS-held pocket of city
BASF unveils new mosquito net in battle against malaria
Net will provide protection for at least three years or 20 washes
Women given goats as emergency food measure in Boko Haram-hit Nigeria - U.N.
More than 5 million people do not have enough to eat in the northeastern Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, including 50,000 living in famine-like conditions
Man jailed for trying to smuggle 22 Afghans, including children, into UK
People-smuggling generated up to $6 billion in 2015
Asylum seekers turned away at U.S.-Mexico border sue U.S. government
Class action lawsuit said border agents have used "misrepresentations, threats and intimidation"