A "Climate Spring": UK protests embolden global climate movement
Heatwaves, wildfires, and warnings from climate scientists have spurred thousands of first-time activists to join protests and risk arrest to try to persuade governments to curb the use of fossil fuels
India rescues bonded workers after voting awareness campaigners raise alarm
After they raised the alarm 39 people who had been enslaved for a year at a plantation in the southern state of Tamil Nadu were rescued, 17 of them children
Malaysia's first female top judge is 'big step' for women's justice
Women's rights groups hope the appointment will help tackle the low conviction rates in cases like rape and domestic violence
North Korea cuts rations to record low after bad harvest, UN says
More than 10 mln people in North Korea suffer from severe food insecurity, meaning they do not have enough food till the next harvest
From beans to gooseberry, rice-mad Myanmar eyes healthier diet
Myanmar has embarked on a five-year nutrition plan to alter the nation's eating habits, which includes the need to diversify the nation's agriculture
Bangladeshi street kids bowled over by cricket World Cup chance
Tournament aims to draw attention to youth homelessness, a problem experts say leaves young people at risk of abuse and trafficking in many parts of the world
Congolese refugees cross illegally into Uganda, raising risk of Ebola - aid groups
Some people fleeing violence are being used as human shields by armed groups who prevent them from reaching official border points to be registered and screened for Ebola
FACTBOX-Female face of Britain 40 years after Iron Lady
Here are six ways that women's representation, rights and roles have developed since Thatcher changed British politics
Drama turns young Gambians away from 'desperate route to Babylon'
Thousands of young men leave Gambia each year to take the "back way" - the dangerous, illegal route to Europe - out of frustration with a lack of opportunities at home
Nearly 500 U.S. churches face climate-linked flooding threat, scientists say
Louisiana, North Carolina and Florida - all coastal states - have the highest number of places of worship at risk, report says