Struggling with influx, Greece gets tough with asylum seekers
Living conditions for about 37,000 people in camps, known as 'hotspots' on five Aegean islands have been decried by aid groups as appalling
Fossil fuel polluters from U.S. to China far off climate targets - UN
Countries plan to produce 150% more coal in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 2C, study shows
Mental health at risk as California wildfire threat grows
"This whole county has PTSD, depression. Everybody could use some counseling," says one survivor of California's Paradise wildfire
Dead-end: Rohingya in Malaysia warn against fleeing from Bangladesh
'Our future is so obvious here: we have no future. In Bangladesh you at least have your family and friends around, you speak and understand the language, you have a voice'
U.S. support for Israeli settlements renews focus on core issue in Mideast conflict
The U.N. human rights office said the settlements remain in breach of international law, echoing a position taken by the International Court of Justice in an advisory opinion in 2004
Jihadist violence putting "generation at risk" in Africa's Sahel-WFP
In all, 860,000 people have been displaced across the three countries and 2.4 million are in need of urgent food assistance
OPINION: The global sanitation challenge: Is there a silver bullet?
A smart balance of microcredit, subsidies and behaviour change activities is likely to get us a good step closer to tackling the sanitation crisis
US announces $30 million to bolster coasts from flooding, rising seas
States like Louisiana will get help to restore wetlands and other natural systems to cut risks from wilder weather and sea level rise
U.S. backs Israel on settlements, angering Palestinians and clouding peace process
The international community views the transfer of any country's civilians to occupied land as illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention and U.N. Security Council resolutions
Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn
From Jordan to Uzbekistan, water shortages are proving hard to solve, researchers say