At least 16 drown as migrant boat sinks off Greece's Lesbos
At least 173,000 people, mostly Syrians, landed in Greece in 2016
Number of migrant criminal suspects in Germany surged in 2016
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said crimes committed by refugees had "increased disproportionately" last year
Aid agencies call for life-saving support to Yemen
"The cause of such extreme starvation is political"
Lawyer for Philippines hit-man files complaint against Duterte at ICC
Almost 9,000 people have been killed since Duterte took office last summer
Malta suggests cash solution to end EU migration row
Previous system of quotas for asylum seekers collapsed
Drone strike kills 3 civilians, four militants in Yemen- residents
The new U.S. administration has not yet laid out a clear policy on drone strikes
Hundreds flee Mosul fighting as others return to former IS areas
"We left because of darkness, hunger, and death. There are bullets and air strikes. We were injured, our children were injured"
Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to pilot GSK malaria vaccine from 2018
"Combined with existing malaria interventions, such a vaccine would have the potential to save tens of thousands of lives in Africa"
U.N. finds torture widespread in Afghanistan
More than a quarter of the 77 detainees who reported being tortured by the police were boys under the age of 18
American member of watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine
The role of OSCE monitors includes verifying the withdrawal of heavy weapons as agreed under the 2015 ceasefire agreement