Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against militants chant slogans in Basra
Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants who have taken over Mosul and other northern provinces, chant slogans in Basra, southeast of Baghdad June 12, 2014. Since Tuesday, black clad Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have seized Iraq's second biggest city Mosul and Tikrit, home town of former dictator Saddam Hussein, as well as other towns and cities north of Baghdad. They continued their lightning advance on Thursday, moving into towns just an hour's drive from the capital. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
DIARY - Political and General News Events From June 12
DIARY-POLITICAL=2:DIARY - Political and General News Events From June 12
South Sudan: Living conditions worsen sharply amid ever more pressing food needs
Includes VIDEO – To counter growing food insecurity, the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross have provided food supplies for around 250,000 people since the beginning of the crisis.
ICRC president calls for action on sexual violence in conflict
Every day, ICRC staff see sexual violence in the places where we are striving to make a difference. We witness the effects of this silent crime on individuals, families and communities. Over the next four years, the ICRC is prioritizing an effective response to sexual violence. This is the speech that our president Peter Maurer made to the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict on 12 June 2014.
INTERVIEW-Somalia could slide backwards if world loses interest-U.N.
United Nations' special representative for Somalia says funding for humanitarian work in the country has "dropped off a cliff"
An Iraqi police officer walks past the site of a car bomb attack near Basra
An Iraqi police officer walks past the site of a car bomb attack near Basra June 11, 2014. The car bomb exploded near the southern Shi'ite city of Basra, killing four people and wounding 15 others, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW)
Iraqi security forces and people stand at the site of a car bomb attack near Basra
Iraqi security forces and people stand at the site of a car bomb attack near Basra June 11, 2014. The car bomb exploded near the southern Shi'ite city of Basra, killing four people and wounding 15 others, police and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW)
"Rape was on a daily basis," former child sex slave tells Angelina Jolie
“I cannot count how many times I was raped in Sudan by the LRA rebels ... I was raped so I couldn’t even move"
South Sudanese on remote islands wasting to “skin and bones” as swamps cut off aid
With no food in their fields or marketplaces, people have been surviving on leaves and water lily seeds