Bridging the maternal healthcare divide with mobile technology
About 830 women around the world die each day due to pregnancy or childbirth complications. The suffering is completely unnecessary but this is where mobile technology can help.
FACTBOX - Humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh as 370,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar
An estimated 370,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar. Here are details about the situation gathered from U.N. sources
France eyes legalising assisted reproduction for gay women in 2018
The move would mark a significant extension of gay rights in France, where violent protests preceded the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2013
Battered by cyclone, Philippines suffers flooding, landslides
"Some residents unfortunately did not heed the advice of local officials to evacuate to safer grounds"
Pain and despair as Rohingya families in India and Pakistan watch from afar
"My parents may be dead, you know. They stayed back because it was home. Now suddenly there is no place to call home"
Residents wade through floodwaters in Las Pinas, Metro Manila
Residents wade and ride on pedicabs through floodwaters in Las Pinas, Metro Manila as a storm sweeps across the main Luzon island, Philippines, September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Australia kicks off weeks-long same-sex marriage ballot
Despite securing 70 percent public support in an Ipsos/Fairfax poll on Tuesday, the issue of same-sex marriage had faced a political deadlock
Residents wade through a flooded road in Las Pinas Metro Manila as a storm sweeps across Luzon island, Philippines
Residents wade and ride on pedicabs along a partially flooded road, in Las Pinas Metro Manila as a storm sweeps across the main Luzon island, Philippines, September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Human Rights Watch says Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen are war crimes
The war has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced more than three million and ruined much of the impoverished country's infrastructure
Floridians return to storm-battered homes as Irma flooding spreads
Miami apartment towers swayed in the high winds, three construction cranes were toppled, and small white-capped waves could be seen in flooded streets