Despite threats, thousands join drive to end polio in Pakistan, a last bastion of the disease
Efforts to eliminate polio in Pakistan difficult as workers face attacks by militants who say health teams are Western spies
App shakes up earthquake science by turning users into sensors
The app could give early warning of a quake to populations without their own seismological instruments
FACTBOX: Droughts dominate disasters in record-hot 2015, storm deaths low
Weather and climate extremes were a factor in over 90 percent of natural disasters in 2015, new figures show
Disaster lessons from the hottest year on record
2015 was a remarkable year for droughts - and the effects will be felt well into 2016, particularly in Africa
Director hopes Oscar-nominated film will help end Pakistan honour killings
Oscar-nominated film prompts Pakistan's prime minister to pledge tougher laws against honour killings
Pakistani women at forefront of drive to give poor rural girls an education
Nearly half of Pakistan's 53 million children aged 5-16 are out of school and 55 percent of those are girls
Pakistani women at forefront of drive to give poor rural girls an education
Nearly half of Pakistan's 53 million children aged 5-16 are out of school and 55 percent of those are girls
INTERVIEW-Malala seeks to raise $1.4 bln to educate Syrian refugees
Nobel laureate aims to inspire world leaders at London conference this week to commit funds for education of 700,000 Syrian refugee children in Jordan and Lebanon