U.N. investigators eye 160 Islamic State militants over Yazidi massacres
IS overran the Yazidi faith's heartland of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014, forcing young women into servitude as 'wives' for its fighters and massacring men and older women
FACTBOX-Myanmar on trial for Rohingya genocide – the legal cases
Soldiers, police, and Buddhist villagers are alleged to have razed hundreds of villages in the western Rakhine state, torturing residents as they fled, carrying out mass-killings and gang-rapes
U.S. support for Israeli settlements renews focus on core issue in Mideast conflict
The U.N. human rights office said the settlements remain in breach of international law, echoing a position taken by the International Court of Justice in an advisory opinion in 2004
U.S. backs Israel on settlements, angering Palestinians and clouding peace process
The international community views the transfer of any country's civilians to occupied land as illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention and U.N. Security Council resolutions
Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn
From Jordan to Uzbekistan, water shortages are proving hard to solve, researchers say
Turkey removed more than 6,000 Syrians from Istanbul -governor's office
Turkey hosts more than 3.6 million Syrians, the largest population of Syrians displaced by an eight-year civil war
Venezuelan migrants need $1.35 bln in 2020 for basic services -NGOs
Colombia is now home to more than 1.4 million Venezuelans, many of whom arrived with little money and in desperate need of basic services
Key backer of Syrian 'White Helmets' found dead in Istanbul
The White Helmets have been credited with saving thousands of people in rebel-held areas during Syria's civil war
Dutch state must repatriate children of Islamic State mothers, court rules
The mothers themselves do not need to be accepted back in the Netherlands, the court has said
With water a weapon of Middle East war, women seen as worst hit
The 'weaponisation' of water in the Middle East has led to historical and modern day tensions, with women most impacted, says playwright Sabrina Mahfouz