Lebanon president: Syrian refugees should return to calmer areas
More than six years into the Syrian war, 1.5 million Syrians account for one quarter of Lebanon's population and patience is wearing thin with their presence
"New India" vision cannot be realised unless child sex crimes are tackled - president
More than 9,000 children were reported to have been trafficked in 2016, a 27 percent rise from the previous year
EXPERT VIEWS-"Earth's fruits must be available for all" says pope on World Food Day
"Clearly wars and climate change are a cause of hunger, let us then not present hunger as though it were some sort of incurable disease"
Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300
"We have confirmed 300 people died in the blast. The death toll will still be higher because some people are still missing," - Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of the city's ambulance service
Thousands of new Rohingya refugees flee violence, hunger in Myanmar to Bangladesh
Wading through waste-deep water with children strapped to their sides, the Rohingya had walked through bushes and forded monsoon-swollen streams for days from Myanmar
FACTBOX-Hunger not an "incurable disease", Pope says on World Food Day
Hunger levels have begun to rise for the first time in a decade, the United Nations says
End to "confusion and fear"? Madagascar set to update colonial-era family planning laws
Abortion is illegal in Madagascar, but clandestine terminations are performed regularly
We have a collective responsibility to halve food loss and waste
Wasting food harms our climate, costs the global economy billions of dollars and strains natural resources
Pope implicitly criticises U.S. for leaving Paris climate accord
"We see consequences of climate change every day"
FEATURE-Young Chadians develop digital cures for social, economic ills
From e-commerce to mapping community problems, a new generation is using technology to push for change - but faces big barriers