Italy seeks fresh migrant clampdown as more boats arrive
After a sharp fall in migrant arrivals in recent months, numbers have picked up since June
Mental health issues in Hong Kong surging amid tumultuous protests, experts say
Youth are particularly vulnerable due to the stresses of exorbitant living costs, cramped housing and a gloomy view of the future, medical professionals say
Ex-UN aid worker jailed in Nepal for sexually abusing boys
Activists said the sentence would help deter other possible offenders in a country with a poor record for crimes involving children
'They want to kill you': Anger at Syrians erupts in Istanbul
Turkey hosts more than 3.6 million Syrians, the largest population of Syrians displaced by the 8-year civil war, and Istanbul province alone has over half a million
'Medical respite' offers a place to rest in U.S. cities battling homelessness
'People without homes don't have a safe, clean place to recover, and that's a gap in care'
OPINION: Putting people's fundamental rights at the core of climate solutions
The human rights and environmental communities must seek responses to the climate crisis together
Mexico steps up raids on migrant-smuggling trucks, uses giant X-ray
Footage of the X-ray shows a ghost-like truck filled with the brightened silhouettes of the migrants along two levels of the crowded compartments
As Venezuela's healthcare collapses, pregnant women, girls bear brunt of crisis
Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country to escape an economic and political crisis that has left about seven million - one in four - in need of humanitarian aid
International court convicts Congo's Ntaganda of war crimes
The conviction is a rare success for prosecutors at the ICC, an international court set up in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity when member states are unable or unwilling to do so
As water disappears, parched southern Pakistan farmers march north
"The government must come up with a sound plan now or we will have a huge population of climate refugees to deal with," says one legislator