Afghan deported from Germany kills self on return home
There has been calls for Germany's Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, to resign
South Syrian rebels agree surrender deal, Assad takes crossing
Assad now commands most of Syria with his allies' help, though most of the north and a chunk of the east remains out of his hands.
Wildfire erupts in northern California, forcing evacuations
The Klamathon Fire was one of more than three dozen wildfires that firefighters were battling in California and across the U.S. West during an unusually active fire season
First new steps for Syrian girl who used tin cans for legs
Doctors hope Maya will be able to fully walk with her new prosthetic legs in three months
Pamplona assures women its bull-running festival safe after 'Wolf Pack' assault
The municipality started campaigning for festivals free from sexist assaults in 2014, building an infrastructure which now includes helplines in dozens of languages to deal with incidents
From the haunting to the hopeful, aid groups pick the photos with impact
Some charities say specific images have a measurable impact on financial support
Syrian offensive uprooted 120,000 people so far, U.N. warns of catastrophe
"We left under bombardment"
From shorts to scrubs, Bangkok exhibition spotlights victim blaming
"Women are not to blame - no matter what they are wearing"
Syrian offensive knocks hospitals out of service -monitor
The United Nations says the 10-day-old offensive has uprooted at least 45,000 civilians
'Time of reckoning' as woman journalist groped on air at World Cup
In a series of incidents, male fans have harassed or assaulted women journalists