Fewer countries ban same-sex relations, but homophobic violence common - report
Gay marriage is now legal in 23 countries, and 43 states have banned hate crimes
U.N. calls for probe into violence against transgender women in El Salvador
So far this year, seven transgender women have been killed in El Salvador, according to the United Nations
Addressing climate change could be key to African peace, leader says
"There is a link between climate change and prosperity, as well as peace, on the continent"
Early "clues" could avert conflict-driven famine - U.N.
"Don't wait for the television screens to be filled with emaciated dying children to mobilise money, resources, activity and prevention"
Zambia's poorest farmers risk becoming "squatters on their own land" – UN expert
Sixty percent of Zambians are small-scale farmers, who make up many of the nation's poorest people but produce 85 percent of its food
Satellites find "hidden forests" helping fight against global warming
Discovery allows for more accurate assessments of how much greenhouse gases are absorbed from the atmosphere by the world's vegetation
FACTBOX-Key facts about Ebola as Congo case reported
2013-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,300 people and infected 28,600
FEATURE-Human poo transformed into clean fuel for Kenya's urban poor
Using human waste to make fuel briquettes tackles sanitation and health problems - and they even smell sweet
INSIGHT-India turns on Rohingya refugees seeking their deportation as Kashmir boils
"They don't like us here and want us to leave. We were driven from Burma, then Bangladesh and now they want us to leave India. The situation is bad for us wherever we go"
Maids in Hong Kong forced to sleep in toilets, cubbyholes - survey
More than 40 percent of maids do not have their own room and are sleep in places including storage rooms, kitchens, toilets, basements, closets and on balconies