Cyclone Kenneth hits Mozambique after lashing Comoros
Mozambique is still recovering from another powerful tropical cyclone which made landfall further south last month, killing more than 1,000 people across a vast swathe of southeastern Africa
Death toll in South Africa floods and mudslides rises over 70
Residents recounted on Wednesday how floodwaters and mudslides crashed through houses, many with people inside, and destroyed roads and other infrastructure
Sri Lanka revises death toll from attacks down by 100
The new official figure was 253, down from an earlier 359, the deputy defense minister said. He blamed inaccurate data provided by morgues for the discrepancy
Sri Lanka attack death toll between 250-260, not 359 - officials
Sri Lanka's deputy defence minister said the death toll had been revised down to 253 due to inaccurate figures provided by the country's morgues
As war rages, Tripoli art gallery opens in rundown old city
Most Libyans who can afford it have long moved out of the old city to more modern districts of Tripoli, home to 2.5 million
Amnesty, monitors say U.S.-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Syria's Raqqa
Amnesty said last year that there was evidence coalition strikes had broken international law by endangering civilians, but had not given an estimate of the death toll
Cyclone Kenneth batters Comoros and heads to Mozambique
The region was pounded by Cyclone Idai last month; the storm and subsequent flooding killed more than 1,000 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi
Rohingya should move to island to avoid landslides -Bangladesh minister
Bangladesh wants to move 100,000 of the nearly 1 mln Rohingya Muslims sheltered in camps to a remote island which it has been developing for the past two years
Violence flares in northern Kenya as pressure mounts on villagers
A growing population, changing weather patterns, and displacement caused by conflict are all crowding more people and livestock into arid scrublands
Indian state vows to end homelessness with free flats
Each unit in Kerala will cost about 400,000 rupees ($5,700) to build, and will be wholly funded by the local government