Scottish parliament approves free sanitary products for all women
The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so
'Doomsday' food vault in the Arctic to welcome one millionth crop seed variety
The vault was designed to safeguard global food supplies in the event of a major disaster
Earthquake in Turkey-Iran border region kills 9, injures more than 100
The shallow tremor caused more than 1,000 buildings to collapse in Turkey, prompting a brief rescue effort to find those trapped under rubble
U.N. suggests Turkey border crossing to deliver aid to Syria's northeast
Turkey has sent thousands of troops to northwest Syria to head off a push in recent weeks by Russia-backed Syrian forces to retake the rebel-held territory after nine years of war
World community must help Venezuela to end humanitarian crisis - Lima Group bloc
The group backs Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized by more than 50 countries as the legitimate president
No relent in fighting in northwest Syria, deepening misery for civilians
There is no end in sight for the misery of the nearly one million people - most of them women and children - who have fled the fighting to seek sanctuary in the border area
Can a video game save a life? African refugee puts players in his race for survival
'A lot of people don't understand the journey of a refugee. It was a journey of life and death.'
Haiti political morass fuels growing crisis of hunger, malnutrition
While Haiti has long had one of the world's highest levels of food insecurity, drought has ravaged harvests for the last few years, worsening food shortages and raising prices
No place to go: Syrian families fleeing Idlib stranded on the roads
Nearly a million people, mostly women and children, are trying to escape the latest wave of violence in the Idlib region, overwhelming aid agencies
Air strikes hit hospitals, camps in northwest Syria, Turkey demands pull-back
'Civilians fleeing the fighting are being squeezed into areas without safe shelter that are shrinking in size by the hour. And still they are bombed. They simply have nowhere to go.'