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Conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions has forced hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes in search of safety. Felicia, not her real name, explains why she fled her home with her children, leaving her husband to guard the house. She is one of many people caught in the middle of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis, in which […]

Texanne McBride-Teahan from Creve Coeur, Missouri, is fighting to keep her three monkeys. McBride-Teahan says the animals help with her PTSD and she shared a doctor’s note recommending that she keeps them as emotional support pets. However, according to city officials a monkey is considered an “inherently dangerous animal”. McBride-Teahan is scheduled to appear in

A US woman has undergone surgery after removing and swallowing her engagement ring in her sleep. Jenna Evans, 29, said she dreamt she swallowed the ring while she and her fiancé Bobby were being terrorised by villains on a speeding train. She woke at her home in California to find her diamond band missing from

The former CIA contractor turned whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, says France and Germany are considering granting him asylum although he hopes to return to the United States. Mr Snowden has lived in exile in Moscow since 2013, after he leaked details of extensive internet and phone surveillance by US intelligence agencies. He was charged under the

Parts of the Middle East could become uninhabitable by 2050 because of climate change. Jordan is one of the countries most affected by rising temperatures – and it’s predicted to get worse. The Dead Sea is shrinking, and many houses only get up to 24 hours of water a week. So, could Jordan run out

Four million people have fled Venezuela, as the country continues to face economic and political crisis. 40,000 have gone to the small Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, just seven miles off the coast. But life isn’t easy for those who arrive, and some locals have made it clear they’re not welcome. The BBC’s Ashley

Nigerian authorities say 22,000 people have been registered as missing in conflict. The Red Cross however said the true number could be higher. Asibi’s son is among those missing. She tells the BBC that she can still remember the moment she left him behind while fleeing Boko Haram five years ago. Her son’s feet were

China announced it would start buying more soybeans and pork from the United States. Beijing will allow Chinese businesses to purchase a “certain amount of farm products such as soybeans and pork” from the US. Both pork and soybeans have been subject to heavy duties, imposed during successive rounds of Chinese tariffs on US goods.

Indonesia and Malaysia have issued severe smog alerts as fires rage in large sections of their rainforests. Both countries have closed schools and issued face masks. Satellite images show almost 1,000 fires are burning in the Indonesian provinces of Kalimantan and Sumatra, while 10 are burning in Malaysia. Many of the fires are started by

The world’s first malaria vaccine is being rolled out in parts of Kenya from Friday. It will be added to the routine vaccination schedule, and more than 300,000 children are expected to receive the vaccine over the next three years. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people globally each year- mostly children. Global Health Correspondent Tulip