U.S. churches, some immigration officers denounce sending asylum seekers to Mexico
U.S. border patrol agents say they have apprehended 664,000 people along the southern border so far this year, a 144 percent increase from last year
Coffee slump reaps bitter harvest for Central American migrants
International coffee prices in May hit their lowest levels in 13 years, due largely to surging output in Brazil and Vietnam, though prices have since recovered some of those losses
"Worst is still to come": Sizzling Europe battles wildfires, health risks
Temperatures climbed towards 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of northern Spain and southern France, driving many people to seek relief in the sea, rivers, lakes and fountains
Violence affects more people than ever before in Africa's Sahel
At the new nexus of violence, where Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger meet, more than 1,200 civilians have been directly targeted and killed this year through May
"The worst is still to come": sizzling Europe battles wildfires, health risks
Temperatures climbed towards 44 degrees Celsius in parts of northern Spain and southern France, driving many people to seek relief in the sea, rivers, lakes, fountains and pools
U.S. Congress clashes over border funding as migrants kept in squalor
Attorneys last week called attention to more than 300 children detained in squalid conditions at a border patrol facility in Texas
'Peace ambassadors' ease water conflicts in drought-prone Kenya
Volunteers are being trained to show rural communities ways to use water more efficiently to grow crops, and how to ease local tensions over the scarce resource
Photo of drowned migrants triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown
The picture of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his 24-month-old daughter put a renewed focus on the plight of refugees and migrants who are mostly from Central America
No room on water, no home on land for Cambodia's ethnic Vietnamese
More than 1,000 ethnic Vietnamese families who live on the water will be relocated to land in the coming months, provincial authorities have said
'I told him not to' go, mother of drowned Salvadoran migrant laments
A harrowing photograph of Oscar Alberto Martinez and his toddler daughter Valeria lying face down on the banks of the Rio Grande river ricocheted across social media this week