Myanmar stops migrant workers going to Malaysia after Rohingya row
There are more than 135,000 Myanmar refugees living in Malaysia, including about 55,000 Rohingyas, according to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR
Aleppo rebels call for five-day ceasefire, talks about city's future
Fighters and civilians from rebel-held areas around Syria have often previously been transferred to rebel-held Idlib under settlement agreements
Monitor says Syrian army seizes Aleppo Old City from rebels
The Syrian army and allied forces are looking closer than ever to achieving their most important victory of the war
Quake in north Indonesia kills 52 - official
Number of casualties from 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Aceh province is expected to rise
Female Afghan cyclists push boundaries one wheelie at a time
Brushing aside suicide bombings and public scorn, the young women of Afghanistan's first freestyle cycling club hope their pop-a-wheelies, bunnyhops and backflips will trailblaze a new path for future generations
Yemen says UN roadmap to end conflict sets 'dangerous precedent'
Yemen's position deals a major setback to international efforts to end the 20-month conflict, which has unleashed a humanitarian disaster
Syrian troops enter Aleppo's Old City, poised for war's biggest victory
Rebel-held districts of Aleppo, where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped, looks set to fall
Investigation urges coalition apology for Yemen hospital attack
Rights groups say the attacks on clinics, schools, markets and factories may amount to war crimes
Thousands of people still displaced by violence in SE Turkey - Amnesty
Amnesty described financial compensation paid by the Turkish government to affected households as "grossly inadequate"
Iraqi army launches fresh assault towards Mosul centre
Some 100,000 Iraqi soldiers, security forces, Kurdish peshmerga fighters and mainly Shi'ite paramilitary forces are participating in the overall Mosul campaign