Mosul Old City residents spend hungry and fearful Ramadan under IS rule
Civilians are besieged with little food, water, medicine
On Boko Haram front line, Nigerian vigilantes amass victories and power
Rights groups accuse vigilantes of abuses ranging from extortion to rape
Strong quake kills two as church collapses in Guatemala, shakes Mexico
The 6.9-magnitude quake damaged buildings in the neighboring southern Mexican state of Chiapas
Leo Varadkar elected as Ireland's first gay prime minister
Varadkar's elevation marks another chapter in the social change that has swept through the country of 4.6 mln people that only decriminalised homosexuality in 1993
Syrians say militants shoot escapees, air strikes kill civilians as Raqqa battle intensifies
"They poured gasoline on the cars of anyone who tried to escape"
Merkel pledges German development aid increase if wins election
"We know that we cannot achieve peace and stability in the world with military means alone"
EXCLUSIVE-US, Mexico, Slim charity to work on Central America crime, migration
Carlos Slim is one of the world's richest men
Syria gives U.N. go-ahead to deliver aid from Aleppo by truck
The U.N. assumes that 440,000 people may need humanitarian aid
Urban warfare takes heavy civilian toll in Syria, Iraq, Yemen -ICRC
Battles raging in cities are "today the new normal"
French rights watchdog flags "inhuman" conditions of Calais migrants
Local authorities and associations have said around 400 to 600 migrants were still trying to get to Britain from Calais