UN identifies 41 Burundi, Gabon troops accused of abuse in C.Africa
French troops deployed in a separate intervention in the former French colony have also been accused of abuses
West Mosul shelled as Iraq steps up fight against Islamic State
The International Organisation for Migration says 81,000 people have been registered as displaced since the start of the 50-day-old campaign
More than 1,000 boat migrants rescued, 16 bodies found-Italy coastguard
As of Dec. 1, Italy had taken in more than 173,000 boat migrants this year, beating the previous record of 170,000 set in 2014
Account of Syrian girl who tweeted about Aleppo disappears online
Bana Alabed, whose @AlabedBana account was managed by her mother Fatemah, had close to 200,000 followers
U.N. refugee chief warns EU against carrot-and-stick approach to migration
"Caution should be exercised in linking financial aid to other benefits and migration controls"
Russia says one of its medics killed in Aleppo hospital attack
Russia says rebels directed artillery fire at mobile field hospital after it started receiving civilians
U.N. refugee chief warns EU against carrot-and-stick approach to migration
"Support to host and transit countries should be driven by solidarity, not strict conditionality"
Nigeria's presidency says aid agencies overstating northeast hunger
"In a recent instance, one arm of the United Nations screamed that 100,000 people will die due to starvation next year. A different group says a million will die"
Bosnian Serb commander Mladic central to Srebrenica genocide - prosecutors
"Mladic sent thousands and thousands of youths, mothers and children to their graves and thousands of parents and mothers were left with sadness"