Iraqi forces pause Mosul push over concern for civilian casualties
Reports on the numbers of civilian casualties have varied but the Civil Defence chief said rescue teams had recovered 40 bodies
Venezuela's Maduro asks U.N. to help ease medicine shortages
The Venezuelan Pharmaceuticals Federation estimates some 85 percent of drugs are unavailable to the country's citizens
Israel fails to heed demand for end to settlement building -U.N.
The United States abstained in the vote, defying pressure from then President-elect Donald Trump
Iraqi forces to deploy new tactics in Mosul, civilians flee city
Families streamed out of the Iraqi city in an ongoing exodus of people fleeing in their thousands each day, headed for cold, crowded camps or to stay with relatives
Five children among 11 Syrians killed as boat sinks off Turkey - DHA
Rescuers managed to save seven people from the stricken vessel and the coast guard was searching for any other survivors
Decline of ancient trade route deepens Yemeni food crisis
A two-year-old civil war has severely restricted the flow of food into the main Yemeni cargo ports of Hodeidah and Salif on the Red Sea
War crimes court orders former Congo militia leader to pay victims
Germain Katanga liable for $1 million in damages to his victims, in a landmark ruling for the permanent war crimes tribunal
Hungarian law risks exposing migrant children to sex abuse - watchdog
Under new law, detained child migrants will be treated as adults and at risk of sexual abuse, Council of Europe says
Mosul's east begins to bustle but healing a long way off
East Mosul staggers back to life but the scars of IS rule remain
Peru reels from floods as it waits for end to brutal rainy season
More than 80 people killed and 110,000 displaced in rain-related incidents since December, most of them this month after a sudden warming of Pacific waters unleashed torrential downpours