Dozens killed in Central African Republic despite ceasefire
"There are bodies strewn across the streets. There are also fires and looting of houses taking place"
European court angers Russia with "gay propaganda" ruling
Court says Russian law discriminates against gays
Militia mutilates toddlers, burns villages in central Congo - UN
Congo has been fighting insurgents since last August, triggering fears of a wider conflict in the country, a tinderbox of ethnic rivalry and competing claims over resources
UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie in Kenya, visits refugee girls
Kenya hosts some 491,000 refugees, of which 101,713 are from South Sudan - the world's fastest growing refugee crisis
WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria
Aid workers are unable to vaccinate the population in and around Raqqa, a city held by Islamic State militants and a target of airstrikes
In the kitchen, "we're all human": Refugee cooks up taste of Syria in Athens
"The circumstances which forced (the refugees) to leave behind their homeland, their home, their families, their birthplace -- it could happen to any one of us"
At least 10 killed by car bomb in Mogadishu claimed by Somalia's al Shabaab
Al Shabaab wants to force out African Union peacekeepers, topple the Western-backed government and impose its strict version of Islam
UNHCR wins nod to use Islamic alms to aid Middle East refugees
UNHCR said it will use some of the additional funds it expects from the alms project to help some 30,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugee families in Jordan
Fighting kills more than 3,000 in Congo's Kasai region - Catholic church
Church officials have accused militia of killing hundreds of people, destroying four villages and attacking church property
Philippines launches offensive in hope of recapturing Marawi by weekend festival
Fighting in Marawi City has entered a fifth week, and nearly 350 people have been killed