ANALYSIS-Asia outbreaks prompt question: Is all Zika dangerous?
Scientists theorized about immunity or less virulent strains, but perhaps the menace has been there all along and neurological complications simply escaped notice
'Factory scale' use of homemade mines pushes global casualties to 10-year high - study
Overwhelming majority of casualties recorded in just five conflict-ridden countries - Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Ukraine
African states fail to stop work of U.N. gay rights investigator
Russia and Egypt, speaking on behalf of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, said they would not recognize the mandate of the gay rights investigator
IS claims attack that kills dozens at Shi'ite mosque in Kabul
Taliban denies responsibility
Steely determination brings progress at Marrakesh climate talks
Attention has shifted from the adoption of the Paris Agreement to advancing action on the ground
Nigeria fights myths, fear in polio vaccine drive
"The child cannot walk. Whenever he goes out, he goes with his mother. She carries him on her back, but they can't go far"
FACTBOX-Urine trouble: Finding a toilet in cities around the world is no easy task
Eight Olympic-sized swimming pools could be filled daily with excrement produced by India's 41 million city residents who must defecate in the open
Planet heads for hottest year after third-warmest October -U.S. agency
Average Arctic sea ice area for October was the smallest extent for the month since records began in 1979
Britain increases aid money in developing nations, sends most to Pakistan
Pakistan and Ethiopia receiving largest share of development aid