Swiss asylum requests plunge 31 percent in 2016
People from Eritrea made the most Swiss asylum requests last year, followed by citizens of Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Iraq
Humanitarian support 'Band-Aid' for unresolved Afghanistan conflict, officials say
Amid rising violence, economic stagnation and social upheaval, the UN estimates nearly a third of the population will need humanitarian assistance this year
Afghan orchestra puts women's rights centre stage at Davos
"I am confident that music is nothing bad that I should feel shy of"
Aid groups need $550 mln to confront worsening Afghan crisis - U.N.
Officials expect hundreds of thousands of refugees to return from Pakistan and Iran this year
Red Cross vow to continue aid after workers killed in northeast Nigeria
Nigerian government says air force bombing of the camp in in Borno state was a "regrettable operational mistake"
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"It really affirms that you are skilled, and that you have something to offer. Talent doesn't have borders"
In northern Afghanistan, bereaved women join fight against Islamic State
"First they killed my brother, then they killed my cousin, my uncle and my brother-in-law," said woman fighter Zarmina. "Now that I have taken up arms, I am going to fight to the death."
Twenty years after Diana campaign, new landmine crisis plagues Iraq and Syria
"The problem is that we're seeing the emergence of a new crisis of a scale that we haven't seen since the 1990s"