Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic
Some marine experts have warned there could be more plastic than fish by 2050
Bombed Tripoli migrant detention centre being emptied - U.N.
The United Nations has said the strike on the camp, which killed more than 50 people, could amount to a war crime
Australia promises national vote on recognition of indigenous people by 2022
Indigenous Australians, who account for about 700,000 people, come near the bottom in almost every socio-economic indicator
ANALYSIS-Court battles underline complexity of India's myriad land laws
Across India, more than 700 land disputes affect nearly 8 million people - many of these cases end up in court
Global warming threatens to defeat effort to fix world ills, U.N says
Climate change is "the greatest challenge to sustainable development" and threatens to "render many parts of the globe uninhabitable"
At least 100 migrants walk free from shelled detention centre in Tripoli
The July 3 air strike killed 53 people and injured 130 others, according to the World Health Organization
South Sudan court rules against marriage of girl, 16, in landmark case
South Sudan has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world with more than half of girls wed before their 18th birthday
Seven civilians killed in air strike in northern Afghanistan -government
According to the United Nations, 3,804 civilians - including more than 900 children - were killed and 7,000 wounded in 2018
INTERVIEW-Bangladesh boosts efforts to stop trafficking of Rohingya amid U.S. criticism
Authorities in Bangladesh rescued at least 250 Rohingya from human traffickers between January and June this year
Determined to reach Europe, migrants defy Morocco's crackdown
Last year Morocco became the main departure point for migrants to Europe, overtaking Libya where the coast guard has prevented more departures