Cholera hits camp for displaced in northeast Nigeria
"Following heavy rains, the camp is partly flooded, making the already poor sanitary conditions at the camp even worse"
UN sanctions and North Korea’s forgotten workers
North Korean workers should not be prohibited from migrating for employment but they must be able to exercise their fundamental workers’ rights under international law
Floods kill 13, swamp streets in Pakistani city of Karachi
Karachi's deluge came a day after India's financial centre, Mumbai, was hit with floods that killed 14 people
U.S. gives a further $91 million in food aid to drought-hit Ethiopia
Drought is now affecting Ethiopia's lowlands bordering Somalia where rains are late and herders have lost livestock
Search for survivors in Texas as storm Harvey heads north
Storm that paralyzed Houston is predicted to be one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history
Somali gov't: 10 civilians were killed in joint Somali-U.S. raid
Raid took place in an area plagued by clan conflicts for control of the fertile farmland
Mumbai floods prompt calls for crackdown on India's urban sprawl
"Nearly all our cities are at risk of floods because of unchecked urbanisation and depletion of water bodies"
Humiliated for period stain, Indian girl kills herself - parents
Girls are often forced to stay at home during their periods due to stigma and lack of toilets or pads
Digital property rights debate heats up in NAFTA renegotiation
"Farmers are concerned with the digital lock rules or intellectual property rights regarding computer technology used to control farm machines"
Heavy civilian casualties in Raqqa from air strikes - UN
Some 20,000 civilians are trapped in Raqqa where the jihadist fighters are holding some of them as human shields