Hundreds of fighters from Chad, Darfur feeding off Libya's turmoil - report
Failure to secure peace deals and reintegrate rebels in Chad and Sudan has led to a "market for cross-border combatants"
Iraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul from Islamic State, PM sees victory soon
The fall of Mosul would mark the end of the Iraqi half of the "caliphate" proclaimed by Islamic State
WHO hopes Yemeni cholera outbreak is half done at 218,000 cases
The WHO saw a risk that cholera could affect 300,000 people within six months. But it spread at double that speed.
Over 50 African migrants feared dead in Niger's Sahara desert
Hundreds of thousands of impoverished West Africans risk their lives crossing the Sahara each year to try to reach Europe
Court confirms Dutch UN peacekeepers partly liable for Srebrenica massacre
Some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb troops at Srebrenica in July 1995
Three migrants die as thousands rescued in seas off Libya
About 72,000 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea in 2017, a roughly 20 percent increase on the same period last year
Germany set for vote on gay marriage after Merkel shift
Merkel has previously argued against same-sex marriage
French ethics panel backs lesbian procreation help
The decision brings France a step closer to the biggest gay rights reform since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2013
Yale University sues Connecticut over gender-neutral bathrooms
The Ivy League school said in the lawsuit it wants to designate all single-occupant restrooms at its law school as gender neutral
Syrian Observatory: dozens killed in air strike in Islamic State-held town
U.S.-led coalition said it would look into the report