Over 2,000 rebels, families evacuate Damascus district - state media
"The regime has threatened to destroy what is left of Qaboun and will not accept anything but a military solution"
Yemen declares state of emergency in Sanaa over cholera
The disease has killed 51 people since April 27, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, and 2,752 people are suspected cases
WHO confirms second Ebola case in Congo outbreak
Health officials are trying to trace 125 people thought to be linked to the cases
Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul
"So many innocent people are being sorely tested, be they Christian, or Muslim, or from minority groups like the Yazidi, who are suffering tragic violence and discrimination"
Iraqi forces attack Islamic State in Mosul as battle approaches endgame
"God willing, this is the final phase"
Italy rescues 484 migrants in Mediterranean, finds 7 bodies
More than 45,000 people have reached Italy by boat from North Africa this year, a more than 40 percent increase on the same period of 2016
Mutinous soldiers cut off Ivory Coast's second city
"We do not want to negotiate with anyone," said one of the leaders of the uprising. "We're also ready to fight if we are attacked. We have nothing to lose."
South Sudan's opposition groups agree to work together against government
"We feel that if we have one objective that is to remove the government"
U.N. calls for probe into violence against transgender women in El Salvador
So far this year, seven transgender women have been killed in El Salvador, according to the United Nations
Addressing climate change could be key to African peace, leader says
"There is a link between climate change and prosperity, as well as peace, on the continent"