India calls Rohingya refugees "threat to national security"
Close to 40,000 Rohingya Muslims live in India after fleeing Myanmar over the past decade
Red Cross halts aid to swathe of South Sudan after staff member killed
The suspension affects more than 22,000 people about to get aid deliveries, including more than 5,000 farmers due to receive seeds in an area on the edge of famine
First safe house for LGBTI refugees
LGBTI activists and pro bono lawyers teamed up to open the first safe house for LGBTI refugees in the UK.
Turkey and Italy most anti-immigration while Britain positive, poll says
Thirty-nine percent of all respondents in the 25 countries surveyed wanted their borders closed to refugees entirely
Powerful photos of acid attack survivors spotlight vicious crime
Thousands of acid attacks happen every year, mostly targetted at girls and women. But few perpetrators are brought to justice
Florida deaths in sweltering nursing home show post-disaster perils
"We often see that injuries and deaths after disaster in the United States are more common than those actually caused by the disaster itself"
Why we should invest in global health security
Together, we can protect humanity’s great medical achievements
Who will pay for the effects of climate change on small islands?
Climate scientists have long made it clear that higher temperatures, higher sea levels will weave together to super-charge storms. Now, we islanders are on the forefront of this reality
Speed up funding to help Caribbean ward off disaster - bank head
"We need to put in place the kind of infrastructure that makes us more resilient"
It's not possible to simply 'adapt' to Hurricane Irma
If Florida with its infrastructure and financial muscle buckles under the pressure of Hurricane Irma, bear a thought for the small islands of the Caribbean