Resilient rice project to target top two producers, China and India
The grain is the main staple for 3.5 billion people
Richardson quits Myanmar's 'whitewash' Rohingya crisis panel
Richardson quit as the advisory board was making its first visit to western Rakhine State, from where nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled in recent months
Australia Day or Invasion Day? Thousands plan to protest
Australians demand the date of the national holiday be changed given its links to colonisation and the ill-treatment of indigenous Aborigines
Aid groups slam U.S. for withholding Palestinian refugee funds
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-UN:Aid groups slam U.S. for withholding Palestinian refugee funds
Ageing Gambians race for justice over ex-leader's fake AIDS cure
Some 9,000 Gambians were forced to give up conventional medicine in favour of ex-president's homemade cures
France says U.N.-led Syria peace talks in Vienna represent "last hope"
Meeting comes at a time when there is little sign of any political breakthrough
Colombia evicts over 200 homeless Venezuelans from sports field squat
There is a growing unease in Colombia over an influx of migrants from the crisis-hit neighboring country
Gunmen storm Save the Children aid group office in Afghanistan
Save the Children has suspended its operations temporarily and closed its offices in Afghanistan
Britain mulls law to rescue modern slaves from net of abuse
A proposed law would allow such survivors to remain in Britain for a year and receive a support package while deciding whether to apply to remain indefinitely, or accept help to return home
Fighting forces most returning Afghans to flee anew - report
Violence escalated in Afghanistan in 2017, with 360,000 people forced from their homes and more than 2,600 civilians killed, according to the United Nations