Most schools in Mexico City still closed after earthquake
More than 4,000 public schools and nearly as many private schools will remain closed for now.
A year on from Odessa "pogrom", Ukraine's Roma face rise in mob justice
"Locals have destroyed Roma's buildings and state officials did not stop it or even condemn it"
Syrian militias aim to push Islamic State out of Raqqa within a month
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in the Islamic State's former Syrian headquarters
U.N. seeks increase in aid for Rohingya; Myanmar hunts for bodies
"They had seen villages burned down, families shot or hacked to death, women and girls brutalized"
Battered Puerto Rico hospitals on life support after Hurricane Maria
Fuel is so precious that deliveries to hospitals are made by armed guards to prevent looting.
BNP Paribas subject of full-scale Rwanda probe in France
BNP Paribas bank is accused by non-governmental organisations of complicity over a transfer of $1.3 million to an arms dealer
INTERVIEW-Move over Superman: U.N. taps superheroine Burka Avenger to fight extremism
The Emmy-nominated TV series features a teacher who transforms into a veiled all-action heroine at night to tackle social ills.
Iraqi Kurds shrug off threats to stage independence referendum
The vote, expected to deliver a comfortable "yes" for independence, is not binding
From "ghost" to rising star - meet Kenya's first albino senator
People with albinism are frequently shunned, attacked and even killed in Africa
Myanmar says bodies of 28 Hindu villagers found in Rakhine State
Members of the small Hindu minority appear to have been caught in the middle of a spasm of violence in which more than 400 people have been killed