Afghan-Pakistan border villages brace for Berlin Wall-style divide
Kabul and Islamabad accuse each other of sheltering militants and providing safe havens for Islamist groups who carry out cross-border attacks
Brainwashed by a cult: French priest offers therapy to "reclaim" Yazidi captives
"If you have been treated like an animal and sold over and over again it means you are nothing... you are nobody, so they are really reduced to poor slaves"
ANALYSIS-Could new slavery numbers complicate efforts to end the global crime?
About 40 million people were trapped as slaves last year
Going to school? Unlikely if you're a girl in South Sudan, report says
"Over 130 million girls are still out of school - that's over 130 million potential engineers, entrepreneurs, teachers and politicians whose leadership the world is missing out on"
From Boko Haram to Islamic State, sex slavery and trafficking fund extremism - report
UN investigators estimate more than 5,000 Yazidis have been rounded up and slaughtered and some 7,000 women and girls forced into sex slavery
Merkel settles migrant row with allies to pursue coalition
Germany would accept a net of 200,000 people under deal
Final assault on Islamic State in Raqqa to start on Sunday -commander
Commanders directing the battle have warned that Islamic State fighters have taken civilian hostages and are using sniper fire, booby traps and tunnels
INTERVIEW-Nobel laureate says human suffering must end in "forgotten land" of Yemen
"The country has been besieged for three years, state employees have been unpaid for months, and people have no access to basic services such as water, electricity, health and food"
Overcrowded Greek refugee camps ill-prepared for winter - UNHCR
EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GREECE (PIX):Overcrowded Greek refugee camps ill-prepared for winter - UNHCR
Debris and dust: Raqqa 'sacrificed' to defeat Islamic State
"Infrastructure is completely destroyed, water, electricity networks, bridges. There's not a single service functioning"