Food firms globally whip up wacky ways to battle bad diets
Nutritionists and activists have long accused big food and beverage companies of courting poor consumers with unhealthy products, while doing too little to stem rising obesity and diet-related illnesses
Refugees should not have to pay fee to seek asylum - U.N.
U.S. President Donald Trump directed officials to toughen rules for asylum seekers, including by introducing a fee for their applications
Cyclone Fani expected to intensify as it heads toward eastern India
The Odisha state government has asked officials to be alert and evacuate people if the storm intensifies and makes landfall there
INSIGHT - Fearful and fenced in: foreign children of IS face indefinite stay in Iraq
Rusafa women's prison holds 1,241 foreign women and children of suspected IS fighters from more than a dozen countries, 774 of them aged from nine months and 15 years old
Trump directs officials to toughen asylum rules
Immigrant advocates say the Trump administration's efforts to restrict asylum protections harms people legitimately seeking refuge from violence and persecution
INSIGHT-Death by diet: the race to transform the world's bad food habits
INSIGHT-Death by diet: the race to transform the world's bad food habits
Peru deports first large group of Venezuelan migrants
Deportation follows reports in local media in recent months about Venezuelan nationals involved in criminal rackets, including an alleged kidnapping-for-ransom gang
Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
The outbreak in the country's eastern regions is now spreading at its fastest rate, due largely to a spate of attacks by militiamen and others distrustful of the international response
South Sudan hires U.S. lobbyists to help block war crimes court - contract
U.N. agencies have accused troops loyal to both President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar of atrocities during the conflict - accusations that both sides have regularly denied
U.N. chief raises issue of Xinjiang's Uighurs during China visit
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has repeatedly pushed China to allow the UN access to investigate reports of disappearances and arbitrary detentions