At least 100 Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and at least are feared dead due to thirst, hunger, or drowning, reports said on Wednesday.

The United Nations warns the world to get ready to face bigger crises if new Afghan government under the Taliban collapses economically.

At least 12 soldiers have been killed and eight wounded in an attack in northwestern Burkina Faso.

Torrential monsoon rains ruin the sprawling camps of Rohingya Muslim refugees in southern Bangladesh, turning settlements into fast-flowing rivers overnight and leaving thousands of refugees without a shelter.

The United Nations Refugee Agency voices concern about the situation of refugees in Ethiopia, as an armed conflict worsens in the Horn of Africa country.

The UNHCR has called for “swift assistance” to a group of Rohingya refugees who have been stranded in the Andaman Sea without food and water.

UN refugee agency says militant attacks in Mozambique have forced 400,000 people to flee their homes.