800 million still hungry and poor despite progress of millennium goals - UN
Conflicts remain the biggest threat to human development
Oil palm plantations destroying SE Asia's peatlands - researchers
Draining peat soil for cultivation in Malaysia and Indonesia expected to bring floods, leaving land unusable
INTERVIEW-Nobel laureates urge donors to boost education funds ahead of global meet
According to the United Nations, 58 million children remain out of school and 781 million adults are illiterate
Gaza children "emotionally shattered" one year after conflict
More than 70 percent of children in the worst-affected areas suffer from nightmares and bed wetting and live in fear of further fighting
South Africa's jobless ignite creative power with solar kits
A portable solar power supply is helping migrants and entrepreneurs in townships get an economic foothold
A playful, portable sink to boost handwashing hygiene in Cambodia
A growing number of charities is focusing on selling appealing sanitation products rather than handing out buckets or latrines
FEATURE-Cambodia faces uphill struggle to reform its orphanages
Cambodia is in an orphanage boom, but many are unlicensed, with no safety checks and few real orphans amid concern about abuse
INTERVIEW-How a Las Vegas call girl became a Hooker for Jesus
"My greed, my lust and my need to be loved. That is how trafficking caught me."
U.S. Treasury guarantees bond issue by Jordan, rare form of aid
The bonds are meant to provide critical services to citizens in Jordan which is struggling to host almost 630,000 Syrian refugees
Scientists convinced European heat waves boosted by climate change
Team of climate experts says kind of heat waves hitting Europe this week are becoming much more frequent