Australia's top Olympian, Qantas boss urge support for same-sex marriage
Australia is one of the few developed nations which has yet to legalise same-sex marriage
Pope says migrants' rights should override national security concerns
"The principle of the centrality of the human person ... obliges us to always prioritise personal safety over national security"
South Sudan grounds U.N. planes in airport row
The move threatens to further delay the deployment of the latest 4,000 peacekeepers to be assigned to South Sudan
Reggae helps heal mental wounds of torture for migrants in Italy
"I love music. Music is life. It makes you relax and calms your nerves"
ANALYSIS-Who owns Mars? Mining puts spotlight on out of this world property claims
"There is a huge debate on whether companies can simply travel to space and extract its resources"
Nigeria's Buhari warns off separatists, takes back control after treatment
Tensions echoed build up to a civil war over secession of Biafra in 1967 which ended with Nigeria's victory in 1970, after an estimated 1 mln died
Iraqi forces must rescue many abducted Yazidis from Tal Afar - Yazidi MP
More than 3,000 Yazidi women and children are still believed to be held captive by Islamic State
Common moss may prove a cheap city pollution monitor, say scientists
Could common moss be a cheap and easy way to monitor pollution in our cities?
Forest is burnt during 'Operation Green Wave' to combat illegal logging in Apui, Amazonas, Brazil
Burning forest is seen during "Operation Green Wave" conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
WIDER IMAGE-Brazil's agents of the Amazon fighting loggers, fires to stop deforestation
Roughly 7,989 square kilometres (3,085 square miles) of forest were destroyed in 2016, a 29 percent increase from the previous year