A Rohingya refugee carries a baby through swollen waters in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
A Rohingya refugee carries a baby through a swollen water stream in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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People smugglers test new migrant sea route through Romania
Hundreds of migrants from the Middle East have reached Romania in recent weeks after crossing Black Sea from Turkey.
Rise in global warming triggered by Pacific 'flip' - UK Met Office
The Met Office said the rate of global warming slowed between 1999 and 2014, but has now picked up due to a "flip" in the Pacific weather pattern
WHO plans global war on cholera as Yemen caseload nears 700,000
Yemen cholera crisis - the most explosive outbreak on record - is heading towards 700,000 suspected cases.
UN gathering on Hurricane Irma brings "loss and damage" to world stage
Hurricane Irma has brought what climate change looks like into sharp relief and showed the world to be unprepared for a coming crisis
Hurricane Maria gains strength, bears down on Caribbean islands
Hurricane warnings are in place for Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Bangladesh sets aside rift with Myanmar to ease rice shortage
Normally the world's fourth biggest rice producer, Bangladesh has become a major importer this year after floods hit its crops.
Trump's childhood home becomes weekend retreat for refugees in charity stunt
Oxfam rented the house and invited refugees as guests to call on Trump and other world leaders to do more to support refugees
Stronger forest protection key to Amazon replanting push - experts
Effort to plant millions of new trees is welcome - but continuing losses of forest also need to be stemmed, environmental experts say