U.N. calls for urgent humanitarian pause in Aleppo fighting
Two million residents left without access to running water or electricity after attacks hit civilian infrastructure last week
Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen capital resume, airport shut - residents
Air strikes hit presidential compound and military base in Sanaa as well as Republican Guard base in Arhab area near airport
China to spend $65 bln to improve water supplies - ministry
Nearly two-thirds of China's underground water and third of its surface water is deemed unsuitable for human contact
Colombia expands land restitution to war-torn south amid peace efforts
Nearly 7 mln Colombians, many of them poor farmers, have been forced to flee their homes to escape violence by warring factions
Javier swirls toward Mexico, no hurricane seen
Storm forecast to weaken as it heads north, government discontinues hurricane warning for Baja California
Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital, IS claims responsibility
Separatist, sectarian violence, crime plague Baluchistan
Olympics-Cool temperatures, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far
Rio de Janeiro has not turned out to be the Zika hothouse some athletes and visitors feared as the virus wreaked havoc in Brazil earlier this year
U.N. chief urges large nations to ratify Paris climate accord
Ban urged China and the United States, the world's top two greenhouse gas emitters, to ratify the deal