How many internally displaced Rohingya are trapped inside Myanmar?
If aid organizations don’t even know how many or where people are, it's impossible to tailor an effective response to their needs
More calls to return idle land to farmers in India as conflicts rise
Nearly 2.68 mln hectares (6.6 mln acres) of land have been banked in eight states with public records
Myanmar protesters try to block aid shipment to Muslim Rohingya
Several hundred people tried to stop a boat being loaded with about 50 tonnes of aid at a dock in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe
North Korea says sanctions threaten survival of its children
UN rights panel targets alleged forced child labour, sexual abuse
Freewheeling women: campus bikes liberate Pakistan's female students
In a conservative nation where women are conspicuously absent in public spaces, and the sight of a woman on a bike is a rarity
EXCLUSIVE-Africa to get state-of-art HIV drugs for $75 a year
Bill Gates' charitable foundation will guarantee minimum sales volumes of the new combination pills using dolutegravir
Sport-Australian women go pro on back of investment boom
"What's changed is that we've got the proper support to be better athletes and it took a very long time for it to happen. But you've seen the outcome"
Hurricane Maria lashes Dominican Republic after direct hit on Puerto Rico
Maria has killed at least 10 people as it raged through the Caribbean region, the second major hurricane to do so this month
As Congo refugees pour over border, Angola's backing for Kabila in doubt
Refugees say villages have been destroyed and women have been raped both by the militiamen and by soldiers who have fought them
Extreme heat burns U.S. urban poor
A growing number of city dwellers' health is at risk from increasingly hotter summers - a threat that has prompted cities nationwide to look for innovative ways to keep their most vulnerable residents safe and cool.