UN says 270,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in past two weeks
"The vast majority are women, including mothers with newborn babies, families with children"
India to move 15 flood-prone villages to higher ground to mitigate impact
"People have deep ties to where they live; you cannot move everyone affected by floods to higher ground"
Malaysia ready to provide temporary shelter for Rohingya fleeing violence
Malaysia will probably house the new arrivals in immigration detention centres, where foreigners without documents are typically held
Monstrous Hurricane Irma kills 14 in Caribbean, heads for Florida
Bahamas expects storm surges of as much as 20 feet while Cuba evacuates tourists
Rohingya say their village is lost to Myanmar's spiralling conflict
"All the Muslims in our village, about 10,000, fled. Some were killed by gunshots, the rest came here. There's not a single person left"
Mexico's strongest quake in 85 years kills dozens in the poor south
"It was brutal, brutal. It was like a monster, like a train was passing over our roofs"
Six farmers killed in apparent land dispute in Peru's Amazon
Victims were part of a community of peasant farmers that had refused to leave the lands they work on when pressured by oil palm growers
U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's bid to bar most refugees
Ruling is latest legal blow to President's sweeping executive order barring travelers from Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days
INTERVIEW-Asia must lead charge for pollution-free planet - UN environment head
The sheer size of Asia-Pacific, as well as its continued economic growth, put it at the heart of the challenge, says Erik Solheim