Donors launch $4 bln health fund to cut mother and child deaths
Fund signals collective resolve to help countries push further and faster to end preventable maternal and child deaths
U.S. Homeland Security moves to tackle climate change risks
Protecting the infrastructure of American cities from the effects of climate change is rising on the agenda
As rains worsen, Mali's hunger season fuels deforestation
But help to find other sources of income – and fines for cutting – could make a difference
Mass delivery of Ebola protection kits starts in Liberia
With forecasts of a massive escalation in the number of victims in coming months, aid agencies are stepping up efforts to try to contain the virus at community level
Indian bachelors demand brides for votes in state election-paper
U.N. says shortage of Indian girls reaches 'emergency proportions', due to decades of illegal abortions
El Salvador abortion ban is torture, kills women-Amnesty
Clear link between sexual violence, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion, Amnesty says of abortion ban
Slavery show with black actors cancelled in UK after protests
The show aimed to tell the stories of African slaves and asylum seekers under British colonialism using black actors in a series of live scenes
More than one million Iraqis receiving food aid from WFP
The WFP believes 1.2 million displaced Iraqis require food aid, but faces a funding shortfall of $35 million to meet this need
Greenpeace lauds India court ruling on illegal coal allocations
Coal remains at heart of India's energy security, as cleaner energy not enough to power industrial growth
Aid, rain save South Sudan from famine, 2015 outlook grim-WFP
Number of hungry people in South Sudan has fallen by 60 percent since July to 1.5 million