Hundreds more people leave besieged Islamic State pocket in Syria
The fall of Baghouz would mark the end of the rule of Islamic State's self-proclaimed "caliphate" over populated territory
Bayer launches combination insecticide to fight resistance malaria
Malaria deaths have fallen but insecticide-resistant strains of mosquitoes threaten gains
Cameroon risks further slide into violence - U.N. rights chief
Long-running tensions have erupted into conflicts, prompting crackdowns by security forces and leaving 1.3 million people in need of aid
Flash floods, snow and rain kill at least 59 in Afghanistan
At least 15,300 people in Kandahar province have been affected by the calamitous weather
India's Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat
Kerala's disaster management authority has issued sunstroke warnings for the next three months
Nowhere to call home: Yangon slum dwellers face eviction threat
'There is a history of government-orchestrated forced resettlement in Myanmar and in Yangon in particular, to make way for urban development,' UN-Habitat said
U.N. warns of worst food harvest in N.Korea in a decade
Last year's prolonged heatwave and floods have compounded North Korea's chronic food shortages
Male 'gender norms' may contribute to higher death rates - U.N. report
While more young women attempt suicide in the Americas, more young men die from it, according to the regional arm of the WHO
Tradition or trafficking? Guinea-Bissau children suffer in Senegal's Islamic schools
Human rights groups say many Koranic schools in Senegal are money-making schemes which exploit children from other West African nations
'Dire' conditions at Syria camp as thousands flee ISIS
About 90 percent of the nearly 57,000 people now living there are women and children