U.S. man charged with sexual abuse of Nepali boys amid fears trafficking rising
Police rescued the children from a hotel in the centre of Kathmandu after their parents reported them as missing
Indian girls attacked with acid days after landmark death sentence verdict
Attack in eastern India happened days after a court handed down a landmark death sentence verdict to a man found guilty of murdering a nurse in an acid attack
INTERVIEW-Men are "allies to the cause" of equality for women, says campaigner
Men involved in caring for their children from an early age are more likely to be involved fathers later and are less likely to act violently towards their children and partners
"What they took with them": Cate Blanchett in plea for refugees ahead of summit
Launched by the U.N. refugee agency, the film shows Hollywood actors performing a poem listing items refugees took with them as they fled into exile
Extreme flooding predicted to hit Mali's Inner Niger Delta
Flooding in 2016 could be the highest in 50 years, but a web-based forecasting system is alerting people in advance
Communities take charge in Scotland's land reform 'revolution'
Scotland has the least equitable property ownership in western Europe, with half of the country's land owned by fewer than 500 people
Syrian refugee crisis is changing women's roles - aid agency
Increasing numbers of Syrian women becoming heads of households and the main breadwinners
Violent extremist groups take special aim at women, UN official says
Militant groups from Boko Haram to Islamic State target women in their attacks on human rights, the head of the United Nations' women's advocacy agency says.
After Boko Haram, Nigerians return home to perilous northeast - U.N.
Families will return to find their homes and farmland destroyed, with basic services wiped out, says the United Nations
Asian nations plan fund to better prepare for health emergencies, says WHO
Southeast Asia is threatened by a range of emerging diseases such as SARS, pandemic influenza and Zika, say experts, adding that countries remain ill-prepared to effectively contain an outbreak should it occur.