Look, don't touch: Thai bars raided for trafficking child 'entertainers'
While Thailand has ramped up efforts to tackle child sex trafficking, crime is evolving and taking new forms such as use of girls as 'entertainers' to lure men into bars
Masked men and murder: vigilantes terrorise LGBT+ Russians
The threats via social media from the 'Saw' group come amid a rise in anti-LGBT+ violence in Russia
UN head urges a 'decade of action' to address world crises
Sustainable development needs more financing, investment in health and education, and broader access to technology to succeed, says U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
INTERVIEW-Ethiopian photographer spotlights impact of water scarcity on women
In Ethiopia, almost four in 10 people do not have access to clean water and a child dies every hour of diseases caused by the shortages
Teenage climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump's Twitter taunt
Climate change sceptic Trump had retweeted a clip of the 16-year-old's speech to a U.N. climate summit in an attempt to mock her
U.N. urged to investigate organ harvesting in China
China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplants, a senior lawyer told the U.N.
Bolsonaro attacks 'lying' media on Amazon fires, demands respect for Brazil's sovereignty
A surge in fires in the Amazon this year caused worldwide concern over the rainforest, which is considered a bulwark against climate change
Can nuclear energy be green? Draft EU classifications don't rule it out
The EU is developing a sustainable investment classification aimed at boosting green bonds, but critics say its draft rules are too lax
U.N. climate summit exposes struggle to ditch fossil-fuel 'status quo'
Will the growing calls of young people for climate action bring an end to business as usual? After lacklustre U.N. gathering, the jury is still out
OPINION: How to reclaim destiny of small islands on frontline of climate crisis
We may be small but we are also a magnifying glass of the climate crisis underway. What takes place on our islands is a foretaste of what is certain to follow on land.