Syria aid still blocked, UN invited to Astana peace talks
Despite a nationwide "cessation of hostilities", aid is still not getting to people who need it the most
U.N. Security Council to vote Thursday to back Gambia intervention
Senegal has deployed hundreds of soldiers to its shared border with Gambia
George Soros, Mastercard to partner to aid migrants, refugees
"Migrants are often forced into lives of despair in their host communities because they cannot gain access to financial, healthcare and government services"
Iraqi sheep, locals, environment suffer Islamic State oil fires
A toxic cloud has hung for months over the town of Qayyara, just 60 km from Mosul
Malaysian PM tells Myanmar to 'stop the killing' of Rohingya, as Muslims meet
About 56,000 Rohingya live in Malaysia having fled and unrest and persecution in Myanmar
Germany reviewing nearly 550 migrants deemed a security risk
"They are playing with fire, and every wrong calculation can be deadly"
Al Qaeda says Mali attack punishment for cooperation with France
It was the deadliest suicide bomb attack in the country's history
Global coalition aims to outpace epidemics with new vaccines
The world "is tragically unprepared to detect local outbreaks and respond quickly enough to prevent them from becoming global pandemics"
Colombia peace talks with ELN rebels start February -statement
The ELN has been in on-and-off preliminary talks with the government since 2014
Bolivia environment minister resigns amid historic drought
The South American country declared a state of emergency due to the drought in November