Thousands trapped on Australian beaches by dangerous bushfires
The huge bushfires have destroyed more than 4 million hectares (10 million acres), with new blazes sparked into life almost daily by a three-year drought.
Kim Kardashian to Sting: 10 celebrities who used star power for good in 2019
Celebrities were out in force to lend their names and star spotlights to causes ranging from homelessness to climate change and indigenous rights
Islamist militants kill 18 in attack in eastern Congo
The 60-day counter-offensive has killed nearly 200 civilians
Nicaragua frees protesters who aided mothers on hunger strike
Dozens of people have been jailed, after demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega's attempt to cut welfare benefits escalated into broader protests of his rule
Shelling of Yemen's Hodeidah grain stores halts WFP milling
The war has severely hit food supplies in Yemen and millions of people are at risk of starvation in what aid agencies describe as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises
EXPERT VIEWS: Climate change and empowering women top aid agencies' 2020 to-do list
We asked 10 organisations which two key issues they would focus on in the coming year
Thousands evacuated from Australian tourist haven as bushfires rage
Authorities urged an estimated 30,000 tourists to leave East Gippsland, an area half the size of Belgium
One dead, more than 2,500 evacuated as Cyclone Sarai lashes Fiji
Cyclone Sarai is expected to move into Tongan waters on Tuesday, triggering a heavy rain and flash flood warning
From newlywed to widow on a deadly morning in Mogadishu
A bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the deadliest attack in Somalia in more than two years
Militants kill 10 in Nigeria attack targeting aid workers, Christians -witnesses
In the Dec. 22 attack militants posing as soldiers stopped a convoy of commercial vehicles travelling and asked passengers in English to produce identification cards