INTERVIEW-Nobel Prize winner warns wildfires threaten Iraqi mass graves
Yazidi activist Nadia Murad fears that wildfires raging in northern Iraq could destroy evidence of genocide committed by Islamic State
India evacuates hundreds of thousands as cyclone Vayu builds fury
Weather officials say wind speeds are equivalent to those of a Category 1 hurricane
Climate change seen posing threat to global peace in next 10 years
Nearly a billion people live in areas at high risk from global warming and about 40% are in countries already struggling with conflict, says Institute for Economics and Peace
Jury couldn't decide if Arizona activist broke law helping migrants
Lawyers for the geography professor said he was providing aid to people crossing Arizona's southern deserts
Indian factories found endangering seamstresses' health with illegal pills
Garment workers say they have been given unnamed drugs at work for period pains, which have led to health problems
Mental illness affects a fifth of people living in war zones
The numbers are significantly higher than in peacetime populations, where around one in 14 people has a mental illness
Scores of LGBT+ refugees in Kenya slum face homophobic attacks, eviction
Many of the more than 750 LGBT+ refugees in Kenya are forced to live in the shadows and pushed to the brink due to a lack of protection, safe housing and employment
Uganda confirms first Ebola case during current outbreak, a Congolese child - WHO
A Congolese child is receiving care after entering Uganda at the weekend, other family members are being kept in isolation
Cholera surge stalks Yemen's hungry and displaced
Yemen has seen 724,000 suspected cholera cases and 1,135 deaths this year, as it faces its third major outbreak since 2015
Armed with maps and music, Nigeria's slum dwellers fight evictions
Many residents live in waterfront areas, on land with prime real-estate value and have no official housing documentation - making them especially vulnerable to evictions