Mozambique, South Africa brace for cyclone during peak maize season
Mozambique is in the throes of a debt and financial crisis, is prone to flooding and is especially vulnerable after a scorching drought last year
Philippine environment minister doubles down on mining crackdown
"You kill watershed, you kill life" - minister
Philippines' environment agency to cancel 75 mining contracts
"You kill watershed, you kill life." - Philippines Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez
China, India account for half world's pollution deaths in 2015 - study
Air pollution has been linked to higher rates of cancer, stroke and heart disease, as well as chronic respiratory conditions like asthma
Australia struggles to improve lives of indigenous population
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who make up 3 percent of Australia's population, track near the bottom in almost every economic and social indicator
Syrian rebels cast doubt on Kazakhstan talks, slam Russia
Prisoner swap a potential confidence-building measure as the United Nations prepares to convene new peace talks
Blast kills at least 13 in Pakistani city of Lahore, 83 injured
Security in Pakistan has vastly improved in recent years but Islamist groups such as the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic State still pose a threat
EXCLUSIVE - After Islamic State defeat, broken Iraqi farmers weigh heavy losses
After seizing Iraq's agriculture heartland, Islamic State's two-year rule has devastated farmers and exacerbated the country's food security problem
In the rubble, Aleppo's citizens work to save battered heritage
30% of the Old City suffered "catastrophic" damage in the fighting that ended there in December
Kosovo to form truth commission as wounds from 1998-99 war fester
An estimated 10,800 Kosovo Albanians and some 2,200 Serbs were either killed or went missing during the 16-month conflict