Transgender candidates rack up wins in first U.S. elections of Trump presidency
"The nation has clearly changed in its attitudes"
At least four dead, 18 missing in Colombia landslide
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from a nearby area before the landslide struck
Britain rewards its own, shuns poor with aid contracts - watchdog
Britain is one of a small group of donors that award more than 90 percent of contracts to suppliers from its own country
One in 200 sleep rough as UK homeless soars - charity
"It's shocking to think that today, more than 300,000 people in Britain are waking up homeless"
Africa land projects promise much, leave locals hungry - report
Overseas firms often lease vast plots of land in Africa for industrial agriculture or biofuel production, promising work, among other benefits, to those they uproot
Colombia makes progress on child labour - study
Globally, more than 150 million children, or nearly one in 10, are victims of forced labour
Climate-hit nations ask: Who will pay the rising costs of disasters?
"Loss and damage is a reality now" - but could insurance, or new taxes, help?
Millions of Yemenis suffer 'nightmare' of war as closed borders halt aid
A quarter of Yemen's 28 million people are starving
North Korea says sanctions hurting women, children
"Due to these inhumane economic sanctions, vulnerable peoples like women and children are becoming...victims"
Death at sea no deterrent to Europe-bound Nigerians - activists
More than 11,000 Nigerian women and girls arrived in Italy by sea last year, up from 1,500 in 2014, and at least four in five were trafficked into sex work