Armed with smartphones and boots, Niger youths map flood risks
A community of students and young professionals are developing a digital map of their country and plotting flood-prone areas on their smartphones
World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis
"The bottom line? This is a deplorable situation. This is as bad as it gets"
Colombia and ELN rebels begin first-ever ceasefire
The truce, the first with the National Liberation Army (ELN), will run through Jan. 9 and may be extended if it is respected.
Pope wears refugee ID bracelet in appeal for help for migrants
"If we look on our neighbours without mercy we risk that even God will look on us without mercy," he said
Dunkirk-style evacuation as Vanuatu volcano pollutes drinking water
Crowds of islanders from at least three evacuation points on the island have begun boarding a flotilla of ships
US rapper sings gay anthem to Australian rugby fans amid same-sex marriage vote
Macklemore sang "Same Love" to more than 80,000 Australian fans of a sport traditionally associated with macho values
Puerto Rico governor says relief arriving to storm-ravaged rural areas
More than half of Puerto Rico's 3.4 million people lack access to drinking water after Hurricane Maria hit the U.S. territory, and 95 percent remain without power
Trump lays blame on Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
"Such poor leadership by the Mayor of San Juan and others in Puerto Rico who are not able to get their workers to help," said President Trump
First "I do" as same-sex marriage comes to Germany
Karl Kreile, 59, and Bodo Mende, 60, became Germany's first married gay couple, exchanging vows after 38 years together
Egypt 'hunting down' gays, conducting forced anal exams - Amnesty
Their arrest is part of a wider crackdown against homosexuality that started last week when a group of people were seen raising a rainbow flag at a concert