Palestinian refugees fear for the future after U.S. pulls funding
The UN agency that funds schools for Palestinian refugee communities has said it may run out of money by October
Yemen's plunging economy threatens to kill more people than war - aid agency
Three-quarters of Yemen's population - 22 million people - are in need of humanitarian assistance
Wee ou non: Can green urinals keep Paris streets clean?
"Paris is becoming dirtier and dirtier because people don't take care of it."
Thai ban on female cadets could mean sexual assaults go unreported
The Royal Police Cadet Academy announced this week that it will not admit female candidates from the next academic year
Sex trafficking survivors help rebuild flood-hit Indian state
The floods triggered an unprecedented wave of volunteers who pitched in to help, with 20 sex trafficking survivors joining the relief effort on August 27
Asia's rising appetite for meat, seafood will 'strain environment'
A land area the size of India will be needed for additional food production
Migrant death rate soars in Mediterranean - U.N.
More than 1,600 people have perished or vanished en route to Europe this year
UK surge in online child sex abuse images stokes global slavery fears
Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) received more than 82,000 referrals of child sex abuse images last year - up 700 percent from 2012
No safe haven for girls in crisis-hit Lake Chad region - survey
The region is suffering from a long-running Islamist insurgency led by Boko Haram
Where is the promised money, campaigners ask at climate talks in Bangkok
Faced with mounting costs from climate-linked disasters, poorer nations need help quickly, activists say at Bangkok negotiations