Bangladesh lends land to islanders as water devours homes
As coastal property crumbles into encroaching seas, villagers receive plots with fish ponds on a free lease to help them stay afloat
Too scared to return home, Myanmar refugees in Thai camps face an uncertain future
"It is not safe for us to go back, and we do not know what is to become of us here."
Britain pledges legislation in 2019 to combat deadly air pollution
The new strategy commits Britain to halving the number of people who live in areas breaching WHO guidelines on pollution
Treat misogyny as a hate crime, activists tell British police
Unlike other hate crime categories - such as race, sexual orientation or religion - police currently do not record crimes that are driven by the hatred of women
In Haiti's city-without-a-government, residents want land titles, taxation
Without titles, residents risk losing any investment they make and cannot use their property as collateral
London rapper Octavian hopes award will inspire other homeless youth
'It shows me that anything's possible'
Indian army chief draws flak over 'no gay sex' remarks
India's Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law banning same-sex relations last year in a landmark judgement
LGBT+ refugees in Kenya accuse U.N. of failing on protection, shelter
Accommodation in Nairobi, where LGBT+ refugees were forced to flee after attacks at a camp, was criticised as unsanitary and crowded
UK to double participation in trial of popular HIV prevention pill
Pre-exposure prophylaxis - a once-daily pill - can cut by 99 percent the transmission rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS
U.S senators condemn Cuban doctor programme as human trafficking
The resolution specifically mentions about 8,300 medical workers who had been stationed in Brazil under a contract with the Cuban government until recently