ANALYSIS-Cities urged to invest in flood protection now for a safer, cheaper future
"We simply can't go on with haphazard urbanisation - it hits the poor very badly"
Afghan travel entrepreneur aims to give female students chance to fly to success
According to a World Bank report, about 76 percent of women aged over 15 in Afghanistan are illiterate
INTERVIEW-British brain trust launches fight on slavery using satellites and technology
"We want to do with slavery what the WHO set out to do with smallpox decades ago, and, before long, live in a world where it is eradicated"
Poverty and state abuse, not religion, push Africans to militants- U.N.
"Those who join extremist groups tend to have lower levels of religious or formal education and less understanding of the meaning of religious texts"
Stop sugar-coating homosexuality, Italian director says
"Homosexuals as much as heterosexuals are people, regardless of their sexual orientation. We can be good, kind, terrible ... like everyone else"
Aid convoy reaches Syria's Deir al-Zor after three-year siege
UN has estimated that 93,000 civilians were living under IS siege in Deir al-Zor in "extremely difficult" conditions, supplied by air drops
Hate crimes against LGBT people in UK almost double in 4 years - survey
One in 10 LGBT people surveyed reported discrimination when seeking to rent or buy a home or at a live sporting event
Dutch court orders government to step up fight against air pollution
"The judge is forcing the state to better protect the health of its citizens"
EU to launch alliance to shut down trade in torture products
Abolition of the death penalty is a central tenet of the EU's foreign policy