West, Japan rebuke China at UN for detention of Uighurs
U.N. experts and activists say at least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centres in the western Xinjiang region
India receives above normal rains this week, spurring crop planting
India is still recovering from a drought last year that ravaged crops, killed livestock, emptied reservoirs and drained water supplies
Baptism by toxic water: Mine waste, sewage threaten South Africa's worshippers
A dam in the Soweto township is believed to hold healing waters - but scientists warn worshippers of contamination from nearby open mine waste
'World should know,' migrant tells U.S. Congress of toddler's death
The toddler contracted a deadly lung infection during a 20-day detention near the U.S. border with Mexico
Gunmen massacre 18, including children, in Papua New Guinea attack
Violence has long ravaged the poor but resource-rich Pacific Ocean nation, but the scale of the latest bloodletting has shocked the country
Don't let my case distract from humanitarian crisis, Sea-Watch captain says
"Every day there are boats which are leaving from the Libyan shore, refugees which are fleeing from the civil war which is going on in Libya. They are kidnapped, they are tortured, they are sold as slaves."
OPINION: Danger does not disappear when the fighting ends
Explosive remnants of war prolong the legacy of war even after the end of a conflict
New chemical weapons team to launch first Syria investigations
The new team is focusing on sites of chemical attacks dating as far back as 2015
Greater response needed to worsening West African violence - UN head
Groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State have strengthened their foothold across the arid Sahel this year, making large swathes of territory ungovernable and stoking local ethnic violence
German court hands life sentence to Iraqi over teenager's rape-murder
The high-profile case was used by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to bolster its assertions that the record arrival of migrants had triggered a rise in crime