2018 worst year in Syria's humanitarian crisis - U.N. official
The U.N. reports 2.05 million people in need of humanitarian assistance live in hard-to-reach areas
WHO says Congo faces "very high" risk from Ebola outbreak
"Urban Ebola is very different phenomenon to rural Ebola because we know that people in urban areas can have far more contacts"
Police in Bosnia turn back buses carrying 270 migrants
The migrants had been camped in a Sarajevo park but the government ordered them to be moved to Salakovac refugee centre about 100 km south
In Congo outbreak, Ebola vaccine faces reality tests
"This is going to need a highly sophisticated operation in one of the most difficult places on earth"
Hawaii volcano spews 6 mile-high plume of ash, could blow again
Residents of the Big Island were warned to take shelter from the ash as toxic gas levels spiked in a small southeast area where lava has burst from the ground
U.S. aid chief calls on Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya
The United States would provide $44 million in additional aid to help meet the needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
China's LGBT community treads cautiously amid intolerance
Two women handing out rainbow flag stickers during an event were hit by security guards, with one woman falling to the floor during the scuffle.
Lead for Irish abortion reform narrows with eight days to go
The upcoming May 25 referendum on abortion is the first opportunity in 35 years to overhaul one of the world's strictest regimes.
Congo warns of "new phase" in Ebola outbreak after first urban case
New Ebola case detected in city with a population of about 1 million people
Congo receives first doses of Ebola vaccine amid outbreak
The vaccine is still not licensed but proved effective during limited trials in West Africa