EU lawmakers seek ban on "blood metals" in surprise vote
Campaigners and some lawmakers say EU should echo US law that requires companies to check their suppliers use only "conflict-free" metals
South Sudan fighting continues near major oilfield, 4 killed
Mortar bombs hit UN compound and a site housing civilians
Yemen crisis: a tipping point for international humanitarian action?
Never before have there been humanitarian needs on such an epic scale in so many crises around the world
Syria tops Threatened Peoples list, Middle East surges - rights group
Minority Rights Group International says Shi'ites, Alawites, Christians, Kurds and Palestinians particularly threatened
Civilians in U.N. camps trapped by "staggering" violence in South Sudan
Many other civilians are in hiding and can not be reached
Civilians killed and raped in latest S.Sudan violence - U.N.
Fighting has left over 650,000 people without access to aid
South Sudan rebels say killed "many" government soldiers
Each side accuses the other of violating a ceasefire announced in early February
South Sudan defends law that aid agencies say could be "catastrophic"
NGOs worry the new law could hinder operations in one of the least developed countries in the world
UN airlifts seeds to South Sudan's conflict-hit farmers
More than 175,000 farming families in violence-hit states need seeds in order to plant this season
Iraq ministry says an Islamic State leader killed; U.S. denies any attack
The second most senior member of Islamic State was killed in a coalition air strike, Iraq's defence ministry says