World Bank under fire for development plan in Myanmar's divided Rakhine
The project has sparked worries an injection of cash could be counterproductive in the divided region, where Rohingya people remain under apartheid-like conditions
As rains fall short, Manila trickles into a water crisis
As drought grips the Philippines, Manila is becoming the latest big city to struggle to access enough water
OPINION: The struggle for land security in Liberia is just beginning
This year's Goldman Environmental Prize winner says the battle for land rights in Liberia is just getting underway
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen strikes Sanaa, casualties reported
The Sanaa strikes targeted nine military sites in and around the city, residents said, with humanitarian agencies reporting a number of casualties
Ten years after war ended, Sri Lankan Tamils may never get back land
Government authorities said about 80 percent of confiscated land had been handed back. The remainder, mostly held by the military, may never be returned, say post-conflict experts
Australia's drought wilts support for government in rural heartlands
Driven by anger on issues from climate change to water allocation, the splintering presents a problem for the governing conservative coalition
Stay or go? As weather gets wilder, states urged to prepare for displacement
With disasters uprooting 24 million people a year, pressure grows on governments to reduce the risk, and do more to protect the displaced
After fleeing bombs, Syrian families shelter in olive groves
Some have made makeshift tents by stringing sheets between the olive trees, while infants sleep under mosquito nets suspended from the branches
Yemen combatants wide apart on sharing vital port revenues
The war has devastated Yemen's economy, exacerbating an urgent humanitarian crisis with millions of Yemenis on the brink of starvation
Quake of 5.7 magnitude shakes buildings in El Salvador and Nicaragua
The epicenter was near to where the land borders of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua are at their closest point