A worker fumigates a resident area to prevent the spread of the dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases in Kathmandu, Nepal September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

'Our territory, our history': Georgian monastery spotlights post-Soviet border troubles

Unresolved border issues are a familiar headache to many post-Soviet countries, often fuelling diplomatic squabbles and conflicts over communities' access to land

Indigenous tribes fear hard year ahead after Amazon fires

With Brazil nut trees and medicinal herbs lost to Amazon fires, indigenous communities say they face serious setbacks

'Everyone needs a place': Gay couple fights for Hong Kong public housing

A gay couple are fighting back after they were denied a public housing flat on the grounds that they were not an 'ordinary family'

Kenya evicts forest dwellers to save country's 'water tower'

Human rights groups say about 60,000 settlers are being targeted, in the latest effort to halt the destruction of what is referred to as Kenya's key water tower

As rooster wins noise pollution case, 10 unusual neighbour disputes

With authorities increasingly called to manage unusual disturbances as more of the world moves into densely-packed cities, here are 10 odd neighbour disputes

Asian cities turn to electric vehicles in anti-pollution drive

The world's 100 most polluted cities are largely in Asia, with India and China dominating, found an air quality report by Greenpeace

Weird waste: from sandy syringes to space junk

Without urgent action, the world's waste will increase by 70% by 2050 - here are seven types of weird waste found around the world

Amazon's Ring camera raises civil liberties concerns - U.S. senator

Sharing data from the home cameras with police could create a surveillance network that disproportionately impacts ethnic minorities, the senator said

Tricked by family members, widows in rural Kenya left landless

'It was the worst day of my life. I could not believe that my nephew had secretly sold my land'