Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle
Thousands of IS fighters and followers have poured out of a cluster of hamlets and farmlands in Deir al-Zor province in recent weeks.
Flash floods in Afghanistan kill at least 20
The floods engulfed up to 2,000 homes and swept away cars, the U.N.'s humanitarian agency says
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave
Many of the children evacuated from the last IS bastion in Syria have seen their parents die or be detained by rival forces.
Mexico frets over U.S. plans to take divisive asylum policy to new cities
The policy is President Donald Trump's most radical effort yet to dissuade more migrants from using asylum to reach the U.S.
Chemical weapons agency: "toxic chemical" used in attack on Syrian rebel town last April
The attack on April 7, 2018, killed dozens of civilians and prompted air strikes against the Syrian government by Britain, France and the United States
Warding off hunger, Venezuelans find meals in garbage bins
Prices in Venezuela are rising more than 2 million percent per year, and the country's minimum wage, worth around $6 per month, buys little more than a tray of eggs
Star humanitarian or white saviour? Celebrities in Africa spark online furore
Last year, Comic Relief pledged it would use local heroes rather than celebrities in clips from Africa after it was slammed for featuring singer Ed Sheeran in a 2017 video with street children in Liberia
Philippines to charge officials of Sanofi, government over dengue vaccine
Sanofi limited access to vaccine after deaths of children were reported in the Philippines
Somali special forces battle militants holding hostages
The attack comes days after U.S. forces in Somalia stepped up air strikes against al Shabaab, which is fighting to dislodge a Western-backed government protected by African Union peacekeepers
Yazidis freed from Islamic State captivity in Syria, returned to Iraq
The women and children returned to Iraq more than four years after Islamic State militants launched an assault on Sinjar, the Yazidi heartland, on Aug. 3, 2014