Mosul Old City battle goes house to house as Islamic State fighters defend
The fall of Mosul would, in effect, mark the end of the Iraqi half of the "caliphate" that Islamic State declared three years ago
Israel begins reducing Gaza power supply after Abbas cuts payment
Gaza's 2 mln residents get only four hours of power daily
Suicide bombers kill 12 in Nigeria's Borno state - police
Borno has been the state worst hit by the insurgency that has killed more than 20,000 people and forced some 2.7 mln people to flee their homes since 2009
As Philippines battle grinds on, some displaced die in centres
Families of up to a dozen people sleep together on hard concrete floors, and in some places hundreds are sharing a single toilet
Take greater responsibility for your people, U.N. refugee chief tells South Sudan
South Sudan's civil war erupted out of political infighting in late 2013, just two years after South Sudan declared independence from Sudan
Gunmen attack resort outside Mali's capital, two dead
Resort popular with Western expatriates
Ships rescue some 730 migrants in Mediterranean
"We are seeing increasing numbers of people, large scale rescues with multiple boats"
Colombians leave floral tributes amid probe into deadly Bogota blast
"I never imagined that it was an attack"
Iraqi forces storm Islamic State-held Old City of Mosul
"This will be a terrifying time for around 100,000 people still trapped in Mosul's Old City"
At least 62 killed in forest fire still raging in Portugal
"It does not seem real, it is out of this world"