Poor struggle to stay cool as planet's mercury rises
The best way to to protect poorer people from extreme heat is to boost incomes and access to services, experts say
Sierra Leone wants more girls in school - but not if pregnant
Rights activists say the state should address the stigma faced by pregnant girls rather than ostracise them.
UK to step in if no-deal Brexit costs charities EU aid money
"Humanitarian aid should never have become a Brexit negotiating tool" - Claire Godfrey
Fed up with costly, dirty fuels, Nigerians switch to cleaner alternatives
Nearly four million people, mostly women and girls, die every year from the effects of dirty cooking fuels, WHO says
Young, gay and married - Britons wed to avoid abuse
Coming out in some cultures in Britain can lead to forced marriage, disownment, expulsion from the family home and honour-based abuse
Two films, two faces of Asia - only one is Crazy Rich
"A Land Imagined", about the disappearance of a migrant worker from a construction site, offers a rare insight into the plight of Singapore's relatively low-paid labourers
Big cities vow to make buildings carbon neutral by 2050
Houses, offices and other buildings account for more than half of all planet-warming gasses emitted by urban areas
Somalia's first FGM prosecution 'hampered' by victim's parents
The case highlights the difficulties in ending the practice in Somalia which has the world's highest rate of FGM
Imitate Vaxjo? As heat rises, Swedish city goes green - and thrives
Vaxjo's power plant runs on biomass, and in winter snow ploughs clear bicycle paths before roads to discourage cars
New Zealand PM repeats offer to take refugees held by Australia
Australia declined New Zealand's offer last November to take asylum seekers sent to Australian-run detention centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island