Red Cross to create private investment platforms for humanitarian work
Bonds and direct investment platforms would give displaced people long-term access to food, water and shelter without relying on aid convoys
INTERVIEW-African refugees held captive in Libya to go to Rwanda in coming weeks - UNHCR
Libya has become the main conduit for Africans fleeing war and poverty trying to reach Europe, since former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled 2011
From Yemen to South Sudan, climate and water stress seen worsening conflict
"I don't see big, shooting wars but I think you will have an increasing frequency of very localised conflicts and tensions"
'People who love life and music' - dance parties return to Baghdad
Since the blast walls - a feature of the capital since a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 toppled Saddam Hussein - started coming down, a less restrictive way of life has emerged
INTERVIEW -Aid worker kidnappings 'big business' as criminals wade in - ex-hostage
Although kidnapping aid workers is a crime under international law, it is rarely punished, which is fuelling the violence, says senior UN official and former hostage
Britain urged to act over rising global attacks on aid workers
Nearly 300 aid workers and health workers were killed and more than 850 injured last year in almost 1,200 attacks
India passes 'historic' minimum wage law amid activist worries
The "historic" bill would for the first time ensure about 500 million Indian workers received minimum pay
Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States
The 7,000 Syrian beneficiaries can now re-register for Temporary Protected Status and remain in the United States with work permits through March 2021
Sudan extends ceasefire with southern rebels
The two countries share a long and porous border, and have a history of supporting armed groups on each others' territories after oil-rich South Sudan became independent in 2011
South Sudanese rebel group says it killed eight soldiers
The attack underlines the fragility of a peace deal brokered between South Sudan's government and rebels last year