Tiny Slovenia world's best at preserving environment to boost prosperity
"Protecting the environment, leaving citizens with a nicer, cleaner and even prettier environment, is strongly linked to well-being"
Aid agencies in Iraq on high alert as families flee Mosul offensive
"People are starting to arrive now from the small towns around Mosul"
Kenyan policeman jailed for raping 13-year-old girl he claimed as his wife
"There is hope that nobody is above the law"
FEATURE-Waiting for peace, Colombia youths set up camp in main square
"When the 'No' vote won it was painful. The tents are a show of our frustration"
Held in bonded labour, Afghan returnee children make bricks for a living
"We sleep here in this brick factory site at night and we work here during the day"
FEATURE-Forced by tradition to give up inheritance, Indian women embrace property ownership
"We have to be respectful of customs: we can't just go tell women to claim their rights, they will be ostracised if they do"
Indian state to set up first authority to guarantee land titles
Matters related to land and property make up about two-thirds of all civil cases in India
Drones the new weapon in India's crackdown on illegal mining
Drones could be used to monitor illegal mining activities, check for activity at night and track illegal truck movements
In Uganda, gay men say police use torturous method to 'prove' homosexuality
"They took us to a clinic in Kampala where we were examined. It is so painful. The doctor puts a machine up your rectum. It hurts so much, and there is blood."
UK Supreme Court asked to rule on abortion funding for N.Ireland residents
"It is simply unjust that women from Northern Ireland are forced to pay for healthcare that is provided free of charge to women resident in all other parts of the UK"