Desert as deadly as sea for surge of Europe-bound migrants
Experts estimate 100,000 migrants will transit through Niger's vast desert to reach North Africa and Europe, roughly double the figure last year
Islamic State raises flag over local government HQ in Iraq's Ramadi
Insurgents renewed year-old offensive on the city in April, sending more than 130,000 people fleeing
Migrants land in Indonesia, but hundreds pushed back to sea
Smugglers have abandoned ships full of migrants, many hungry and sick, following Thai crackdown on human trafficking
Iran blasts Saudis over Yemen, agencies rush in aid
Five-day humanitarian truce largely holds as aid reaches some of millions of Yemenis deprived of food, fuel and medicine
Police say over 700 Britons have travelled to Syria, half now home
Significant proportion thought to have tried to join Islamic State militants
Islamic State battles Syrian army near world heritage site
Islamic State fighters said the group was shelling an air base near Tadmur, an oasis in the desert north-east of Damascus also known as Palmyra
Nowhere to go as Asian boatpeople are turned away amid growing crisis at sea
Smugglers have abandoned ships full of migrants following crackdown on human trafficking in Thailand
Send boatpeople back home, says Malaysia amid growing crisis at sea
The UNHCR has said several thousand migrants have been abandoned at sea by smugglers following a Thai crackdown
An Afghan immigrant walks through a field towards Macedonia
An Afghan immigrant carries his son, followed by his wife, as they walk through a field close to the Greek-Macedonian border in an attempt to flee to Macedonia from the border village of Idomeni in Kilkis prefecture May 13, 2015. Hundreds of mostly Afghan, Syrian, and African immigrants cross daily from Greece into Macedonia on their way to northern European countries; most of them are turned back by Macedonian border guards. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Syrian opposition armed groups reject UN invitation
The rejection has dealt a blow to hopes of reviving talks to end the conflict