OPINION: Sound environmental governance key to maximizing potential of Horn of Africa détente
The international community must shift far more towards the long-term view, rather than the band aid of emergency support in the face of conflict and natural disasters
UN says Syria air strikes killed at least 100 civilians in past 10 days
Over the past three months, the offensive has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes or temporary shelters to seek refuge near the border with Turkey
INSIGHT-Wrongful detentions, judges' quotas in the search for illegals in India's Assam
U.N. experts warned that the citizenship drive in Assam risked rendering millions stateless or in prolonged detention, and that the process 'could fuel religious discrimination'
Police ordered to pull their weight as Indonesia fights obesity
Indonesia has seen a spike in obesity in recent years and the World Health Organisation in 2016 estimated that at least 28 percent of Indonesia's 250 million people were overweight
Global warming reshapes almanac for tea growers in China's Yunnan
Tea pickings this year have been slim at Nannuoshan, one of six major pu'er mountains in Yunnan, where the hottest weather and lowest rainfall in decades have lowered output
WIDER IMAGE-Reuters photo captures Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her enter U.S.
Almost a third of Mexico's National Guard are now assigned to patrol the border to stem the flow of U.S.-bound migrants
Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front
Money in advance of an expected disaster can give vulnerable people resources to avoid the worst losses, backers say
Islamic State claims aid workers' kidnap in northeast Nigeria
Action Against Hunger said in a statement that the people were abducted last week near the town of Damasak in northeast Nigeria, where the insurgents were active
Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
The new shot would likely take months to win the trust of frightened locals and show results, health officials say
Bombs in Kabul kill at least 11 as U.S. steps up diplomacy in effort to end war
U.S. is trying to negotiate a deal that would see foreign forces pull out of Afghanistan in return for security guarantees by Taliban militants