Al Shabaab kill 16 in Kenya and Somalia blasts
Al Shabaab is fighting the weak, U.N.-backed Somali government and its international allies in a quest to impose strict Islamic law
WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency
Congo's epidemic is the second worst ever, with 2,108 cases of Ebola and 1,411 deaths since last August. This week, it reached Uganda, where three cases were recorded
Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes, power and trees
India has become proficient at saving lives by evacuating people ahead of major storms, but infrastructure has taken a battering
Indian migrant girl, 6, died in Arizona desert as mother sought water
This is the second recorded fatality of a migrant child this year in Arizona's southern deserts as a surge of migrant families cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum
U.S. ramps up Mexico asylum returns, Trump confirms 'safe third country' plan
Close to 12,000 people have been returned to Mexico since the 'Remain in Mexico' program began in January
Grief and safety fears: UK reflects 2 years after Grenfell blaze
On the two-year anniversary of the Grenfell fire, many people expressed grief and frustration over the failure to improve safety in social housing
U.S. green groups ramp up legal attacks on federal oil leases
Green groups aim to slow fossil-fuel development with legal challenges over planned oil and gas leases on public land
U.S. plan to make Guatemala take asylum seekers called ludicrous by rights group
Guatemala suffers high levels of violence, driven largely by transnational street gangs including MS-13, which operate across borders in all three countries
Belgium takes back six Islamic State children
Western countries have so far been unwilling to take back their citizens who went to Syria to join Islamic State - seeing them as a security risk if they return home