Philippines puts city on lockdown over fears of militant infiltration
Civilians stuck in Marawi are without food and are as anxious about rocket strikes as they were about militants
Sri Lanka faces more landslide risks as death toll rises to 151
Government seeks international help in rescue operation
Somali Islamist insurgents stone man to death for adultery
Al Shabaab is fighting to overthrow the weak U.N.-backed government and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law
Bodies of civilians dumped near Philippines city besieged by Islamists
Military says investigating reports of more "atrocities"
Philippines' Duterte jokes about rape amid concern over martial law abuses
"If you had raped three, I will admit it, that's on me"
Egypt launches 2nd day of Libyan air strikes after attack on Christians
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest directed at Egypt's increasingly embattled Christian minority
Grief, rage in Egyptian church after Copts attacked by gunmen
Masked gunmen kill at least 29 Christians, many children
Sri Lanka seeks international help after deadly flooding, landslides
Early rainy season downpours have forced many families from their homes and affected over 415,618 people across the nation
Italy still isolated in shouldering migration crisis after G7
Rome hoped to persuade other major industrialised nations to open more legal channels for migration and to focus attention on food security
WHO says India reports cases of Zika virus
Nn May 15 India's health ministry reported three confirmed cases from the western state of Gujarat