Widows of suicide farmers to get land titles in Indian state
Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, activists said
'Brain fever' blamed for India child deaths preventable -doctors
The deaths were preventable, doctors say, if poor families had access to good food, clean water and better medical care
Indian state compensates bonded worker after child's factory death
Thousands of people continue to work as bonded labourers in India, with employers often keeping children as collateral when their parents travel back home
Struggle for water intensifies as taps run dry in India
India faces the worst long-term water crisis in its history as demand outstrips supply, with millions of lives and livelihoods at risk
World Food Programme begins partial suspension of aid in Yemen -statement
The U.N. agency feeds more than 10 million people a month across the Arabian Peninsula's poorest nation
European consumers back businesses supporting refugees
Some European companies have started hiring refugees directly or using profits to help refugees start their own businesses
Painting and scraping: An Afghan refugee's hopes for German residence
More than 1.5 million people have come to Germany seeking asylum since 2013, mostly from the Middle East and Africa
Displaced families suffering subhuman conditions in Ethiopia - Egeland
The government says 2.3 million citizens are displaced inside the country, 1.7 million of them after fleeing conflict
OPINION: The world can do better in sharing the burden of refugees
The world must take collective responsibility for the horrors of rampant conflict, violence and human rights abuses that continue to force people to flee
INSIGHT-After years of war and drought, Iraq's bumper crop is burning
Islamic State has urged its supporters to wage economic warfare with fire