Assad vows to press Ghouta assault, as civilians flee govt advances
The U.N. Security Council demanded a 30-day countrywide ceasefire a week ago, but this has failed to take effect
In eastern Ghouta rubble, a father looks for his son
"I buried all of his friends who died in the bombing. I just hope I can find him to bury him next to them, so I can go and visit them all together, the football team"
UN says aid convoy not going to Syria's Ghouta as planned
"The convoy to east Ghouta is not able to proceed today"
Week after Papua New Guinea quake, nearly 150,000 people in urgent need of aid
Landslides have cut roads, preventing the delivery of aid to several places where it's most needed
UN halts aid work in northeast Nigeria town after humanitarian workers killed
Aid work suspended in the town of Rann, which hosts a camp for 55,000 people displaced by the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency
Sydney's gay pride street parade celebrates same-sex marriage, honours early activists
"It was Mardi Gras that made it OK to be gay and lesbian and bisexual and transgender."
Storm lashing U.S. Northeast kills at least five people
"It's crazy. I guess this is sea-level rise in action"
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 11 including three aid workers in Nigeria
A fourth aid worker may also have been killed and another was feared abducted
UN points to likely war crimes in Syria's Ghouta
In one of the deadliest offensives of Syria's war, government air strikes and bombardment have killed hundreds of people over 12 days
Ethnic clashes in northeastern Congo kill more than 40 people
Tensions between the two groups have largely laid dormant since a 1998-2003 war, but have flared again in recent months due to disputes over land