Child sex and drug trafficking cases 'tip of the iceberg' as UK vows crackdown
Britain has been rocked by a series of child sex trafficking and abuse cases over the past few years, with hundreds of girls exploited by gangs
Milking it: solar coolers heat up earnings for Kenya's dairy farmers
Using solar energy to keep milk cool is making dairy farming much more profitable in Kenya
Five deadliest hurricanes as toll from Hurricane Maria raised
The Great Hurricane in 1780 was the deadliest on record, killing about 20,000 people in the Caribbean
Scrapping China's two-child policy boosts hope to end bride trafficking
Chinese men who struggle to find a wife often turn to illicit marriage brokers who recruit women from nations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos and sell them as brides
Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school - U.N.
What little education is available is often in poorly constructed temporary shelters or in the open air
After flood, tourism in India's Kerala left mud-bound
Houseboats once rented to tourists are now filled with families who have lost their homes
Half of British teenagers struggling with sexuality have self-harmed - report
Homophobic bullying and "highly gendered" environments are adding to pressure on young people struggling with their sexuality
Egypt's top Muslim authority condemns harassment of women
Cairo was named most dangerous megacity for women in an international perception poll carried out by the Thomson Reuters Foundation last year
Sucking carbon from air, Swiss firm wins new funds for climate fix
Extracting vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could help to limit global warming
Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom
"People should help to put pressure on the Nigerian government concerning her release"