Iraqi forces use siege and stealth against Islamic State in Mosul
Up to half a million people are believed to be trapped including 400,000 in the Old City
SPECIAL REPORT-How a two-week army crackdown reignited Myanmar's Rohingya crisis
Myanmar's march to democracy, beginning in 2011, uncorked long-suppressed ethnic and religious tensions between Rakhine's Buddhists and the Rohingya
Cairo 'cargotecture' company transforms shipping containers into homes
Country of more than 92 mln is struggling to build enough houses for the poorest, with many Egyptians living in sprawling slums and unlicensed apartment blocks
South Sudan says secures $106 mln from donors, will buy food
Parts of the war-ravaged country are suffering famine
Air strikes kill at least 12, damage hospital in Syria's Idlib - medics, monitor
The attacks came as Syria's air force and Russian jets intensified their bombardment of Idlib
Chile rocked by 6.9-magnitude quake; no major damage reported
The quake was centered about 85 miles (137 km) from Santiago, and some 22 miles (35 km) west of the coastal city of Valparaiso
Sudan accuses South Sudan president of meeting rebels
Sudan regularly accuses its neighbour of backing insurgents in the Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions
Gulf states must donate to avert famine in Yemen - U.N.
Some 17 million of Yemen's 26 million people lack sufficient food
U.N. 'horrified' by video showing killing of experts in Congo
The video shown to a group of journalists in the capital Kinshasa
U.S. sanctions hundreds of employees of Syrian research center
The sanctions listings are the latest action taken by the Trump Administration in response to the April 4 chemical attack