INTERVIEW - Slum upgrades key to disaster mitigation in Indian cities, analyst says
Improving the infrastructure in urban slums is essential to a city's disaster preparedness
Mosques speak out in Indian city to stop sale of brides to Arab men
"This is trafficking in the guise of marriage as poor people are targeted, lured and manipulated into giving their daughters away"
Floods, landslides kill more than 800 people across South Asia
Aid workers warn of severe food shortages and water-borne diseases as rains continue to lash the affected areas
Raqqa families make daring escapes from Islamic State stronghold
"We didn't even have time to bury the neighbours' bodies, we just left"
South Sudan grounds U.N. planes in airport row
The move threatens to further delay the deployment of the latest 4,000 peacekeepers
New Zealand opposition leader embroiled in second sexism row
Outcry after minority party leader posts on Twitter that opposition leader Ardern needs to prove she is not "lipstick on a pig"
Tanzania's circumcisers swap cows' tails for commerce
"FGM is still taking place because it is a big source of income for the cutters. We want to see more ngaribas dropping their knives"
Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta
Drones could plant trees 10 times faster and cut costs by half
Sudanese children of Islamic State militants released in Libya
Dozens of women and children detained towards the end of the fighting have been held in Misrata
Some 115 migrants rescued from truck in eastern Mexico - official
The two people driving the truck were arrested