Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged across Yemen
Apr 9, 2019
An Associated Press investigation finds that Yemen's U.S.-backed government, Houthi rebels hindered relief efforts as the country suffered the worst cholera outbreak in modern times
Vaccines were blocked as Yemenis died in cholera outbreak
Apr 8, 2019
An Associated Press investigation finds that Yemen's massive cholera epidemic was aggravated by official intransigence and potential corruption
Yemeni officials: Blast in capital kills 13
Apr 7, 2019
Yemeni medical officials say a large explosion at a warehouse in the rebel-held capital has killed at least 13 people, including seven children, and wounded more than 100
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen
Apr 5, 2019
Cholera is surging once again in Yemen, with the U.N. reporting that the number of suspected cases has doubled in March over previous months
UN: Climate disasters imperil Bangladesh kids' lives, future
Apr 5, 2019
A report by the U.N. children's agency says the lives and futures of more than 19 million Bangladeshi children are at risk from the impact of floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change
Pakistani court grants bail to ex-PM for medical treatment
Mar 26, 2019
Pakistan's supreme court has granted six weeks' bail to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for medical treatment at a domestic hospital
UN warns of spike in cholera, displacement in Yemen
Mar 25, 2019
The UN says Yemen has witnessed a sharp spike in the number of suspected cholera cases this year, as well as increased displacement in a northern province.
Pakistan: Mentally ill death row inmate dies in hospital
Mar 22, 2019
A Pakistani rights group says a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row has died at a hospital in the eastern city of Lahore
Officials: Bomb in Iraq's Mosul kills 13-year-old girl
Mar 8, 2019
Health officials say a car bomb outside a restaurant in Iraqi's northern city of Mosul has killed two people, including a 13-year-old
Police: 5 children die of food poisoning in Pakistan
Feb 22, 2019
Pakistani police: 5 children die of suspected food poisoning after family ate dinner at restaurant in country's south