Ethnic Bangladeshis lose jobs as mango-mad farm owners shun thirsty rice
The landless Oraon minority of northwest Bangladesh have traditionally earned a living labouring in local paddy fields, but are struggling as that work dries up due to water shortages
Key backer of Syrian 'White Helmets' found dead in Istanbul
The White Helmets have been credited with saving thousands of people in rebel-held areas during Syria's civil war
Nigeria's mental health system routinely chains patients up, says Human Rights Watch
The findings come as authorities have taken action against informal Islamic schools and rehabilitation centres whose inmates have been subjected to widespread physical abuse
Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court - justice minister
U.N. investigators have said a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar's military was executed with "genocidal intent"
Dutch state must repatriate children of Islamic State mothers, court rules
The mothers themselves do not need to be accepted back in the Netherlands, the court has said
Thailand asks farmers not to grow off-season rice on drought worries
Thailand entered a dry season on Nov. 1, which is expected to last through to April 30 next year
Cyclone Bulbul death toll rises to 12 in Bangladesh, five fishermen missing
Around 6,000 homes have been partially or fully damaged, although refugee camps in the southeast were largely spared
A dozen dead, fishermen missing after cyclone Bulbul lashes Bangladesh and India
Some 2 million people from all of Bangladesh's 13 coastal districts huddled in about 5,558 shelters on Saturday night
Salvadoran massacre victims still hunting 'truth and justice' 38 years later
Soldiers tortured and executed more than a thousand residents of El Mozote and surrounding hamlets in the Morazán department as they searched for guerrillas in December 1981
Residents told to leave homes as downpours bring floods across northern England
Most of the serious flooding has affected central and northern England but there are more than 100 other alerts across the country