Death toll from Kabul hospital attack rises to 49
Gunmen went through 400-bed hospital, shooting doctors, patients and visitors and battling security forces for several hours in sophisticated operation claimed by IS
Famine-hit South Sudan to charge up to $10,000 for foreign work permits
More than 90 percent of foreigners seeking to work in South Sudan are humanitarian workers
Surviving on the front line in Mosul's street battles
Fighting to drive IS from western Mosul has involved close-quarter street battles, with Iraqi forces advancing block by block as they approach most densely populated parts of city
Fire at Guatemala shelter kills 22 girls, police blame arson
Plagued by Latin America's worst rates of child malnutrition and street gangs that often prey on minors, Guatemala can be a traumatic place to grow up
Women worldwide rally for equality, and against Trump in U.S.
Women plan to use International Women's to stage demonstrations across the country in anti-Trump protest
Cyclone kills at least five people as it slams into Madagascar
A massive tropical storm, packing winds up to 300 kph, slams into the island, destroying roads and communications links.
Iraqi forces fight IS in Mosul as bomb blasts hit Tikrit wedding
Fighting is expected to get tougher as Iraqi troops push further into the more densely populated areas of the city
Texas committee passes bill to curb transgender bathroom access
The bill, which focuses on a heated political issue in the United States, is similar to one enacted last year in North Carolina
Myanmar set to dodge full U.N. probe on Rohingya abuse
Some 70,000 people have fled Rakhine state to Bangladesh since Myanmar's military began a security operation last October
Over 30 killed as gunmen dressed as medics attack Afghan military hospital
Suicide bomber blows himself up at 400-bed hospital, security forces battle gunmen.