Philippines declines aid from Europe to assert independence - official
The poor and conflict-hit Southeast Asian country is willing to forego about 250 mln Euros worth of grants to prevent EU from meddling in its internal affairs
Military graft undermines Nigeria's fight against Boko Haram - Transparency Int'l
Insurgency has claimed over 20,000 lives and displaced millions
United Nations Security Council turns eye to Venezuela crisis
"In Venezuela, we are on the verge of humanitarian crisis"
Egypt's Sisi pledges measures to ease strain on poor
Affordable food is an explosive political issue in Egypt where tens of millions of people live below the poverty line
Hundreds of asylum seekers in Sweden evacuated after suspected arson attacks
Several asylum centres have been burned down in suspected arson attacks in the last couple of years
Islamic State mining Mosul to stop families fleeing as Iraqi forces advance
Militants are increasingly using the several hundred thousand civilians under their control as human shields to avoid being targeted
Jordanian official denies reports of Syria camp bomb
A double car bomb attack at the same site killed at least six people on Monday
Red Cross finds 115 bodies in CAR diamond-mining town
"They died in various ways: from knives, from clubs and bullet wounds"
More than half of world's deaths still have no recorded cause -WHO
"If countries don't know what makes people get sick and die, it's a lot harder to know what to do about it"
Ceaseless Middle East wars forcing change in approach to medical care
"What you need is a completely different way of viewing war-related ill health that goes beyond the shrapnel, bullets and the blast injury and looks at the bigger system"