Hunger and desperation: Aleppo siege tests limits of endurance
"My wife is using boiled rice to feed our 11-month old baby. We can barely get one bottle of powdered milk a month"
After riot, Bulgaria to send migrants to closed camps, plans extraditions
More than 400 asylum seekers, angered at being confined at the camp in the southern town of Harmanli, were arrested after clashes with riot police on Thursday
Iraq readies force to storm flashpoint town near Mosul
Thousands of civilians fled Tal Afar this week
Bulgaria to send rioting migrants to closed camps, plans extraditions
Bulgaria has built a fence along its border with Turkey and has beefed up border controls to deter the migrants
INSIGHT-As asylum-seekers clog Italy's courts, Europe is no help
"Winning international protection mostly depends on whether the interviewer believes the story or not"
INTERVIEW - 'White Helmets' say Aleppo residents ten days from starvation
"Doctors and the rescue workers in Aleppo are just using what's left of the equipment after bombardments to do whatever they can do"
More aid urgently needed as southern Africa hunger crisis deepens - agencies
The next harvest is not due until March/April, forcing some to eat vital seed stocks, sell possessions and eat fewer meals
Seven-year-old Syrian girl takes to Twitter to depict life in Aleppo
Renewed air strikes have worsened conditions in Aleppo's rebel-held east, where residents are short of food, medicine and fuel
Aleppo rebels agree aid plan, Russia, Syria yet to approve - UN
"In many ways Plan B is that people starve. And can we allow that to happen? No, we cannot allow that to happen"
Risking flames and mines, Iraq oil workers battle to cap burning wells
On top of fires and toxic smoke, the area is still being cleared of Islamic State booby traps and landmines