On Islamabad's bike lanes, residents pedal towards a greener city
City authorities plan to expand the Pakistani capital's network of cycle paths in a bid to cut pollution and improve health
اسلام آباد کے شہریوں کا ماحولیاتی بگاڑ کو روکنے کے سائیکل کے استعمال کی کوشش
City authorities plan to expand the Pakistani capital's network of cycle paths in a bid to cut pollution and improve health
Charities alarmed as aid spending shifts from poor countries to refugees
Donor countries spent $12.1 billion in 2015 on hosting and processing refugees in rich countries - around double the amount spent in the previous year
Myanmar faces danger from IS militants, Malaysian police say
"The Rohingya conflict is emerging as one of the rallying issues for IS"
FACTBOX - Why polio is proving so hard to beat
There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life
Pakistani city launches new polio campaign after rare strain found
Local officials recruited Muslim clerics to promote immunisations for 400,000 children after past programmes were met with resistance and violence by extremists
Bill Gates warns world "vulnerable" to deadly epidemic in next decade
Gates says global emergency response system not strong enough
Movie-mad Indians challenged to rewrite sexist Bollywood songs
"Bollywood songs are great to sing and dance to, but when you pay attention, you realise they objectify and demean women"
EXPERT VIEWS - With crises set to worsen, what are aid groups' priorities for 2017?
After a year of record humanitarian needs, 2017 looks set to be even more challenging for aid agencies
Britain cracks down on illegal nail-salon workers in fight against modern slavery
More than a dozen vulnerable people working in nail salons were found to have been at risk of modern slavery