Is building resilience to climate change so desirable?
Instead we should be trying harder to resist it, scientists argue
Taliban, Afghan officials hold peace talks, agree to meet again
Pakistan hosted the meeting in a tentative step towards ending more than 13 years of war in neighbouring Afghanistan
Torrential rains increasing in warming world - study
Southeast Asia sees biggest increase in downpours that broke local records from 1981 to 2010
Afghan delegation meeting Taliban in Pakistan
Peace process, if started, is likely to take years and violence often increases along with talks as both sides seek negotiating power
Malala says she'll remain the "voice of children" as she turns 18
Malala calls for extra $39 billion a year for education worldwide
Taliban kill Pakistani soldier in attack on army bunker
PAKISTAN-MILITANTS/:Taliban kill Pakistani soldier in attack on army bunker
800 million still hungry and poor despite progress of millennium goals - UN
Conflicts remain the biggest threat to human development
INTERVIEW-Nobel laureates urge donors to boost education funds ahead of global meet
According to the United Nations, 58 million children remain out of school and 781 million adults are illiterate
Pakistani gunmen kill three in attack blamed on Islamist groups
Police blamed Monday's attack in Quetta on Sunni militant groups
Quake in rural China kills three, damages thousands of homes
Many traditional houses in the mainly ethnic Uighur region have collapsed