Money to burn? The cost of late response to humanitarian crises
Mounting evidence suggests that we could save billions of dollars by responding earlier
Amnesty International evicted from its Moscow office
"Given the current climate for civil society work in Russia, there are clearly any number of plausible explanations"
Mosul under Islamic State: hardship, terror and swift "justice"
Life quickly became unbearable in the city of about two million, residents who have fled say
Merkel accuses Syrian government of "crimes against humanity"
"The use of barrel bombs and incendiary bombs, and even chemical weapons, is not being shied away from"
Iraqi forces advance on town where IS accused of executions
The U.N. says Islamic State is attempting to displace Hammam al-Alil's estimated population of 25,000 for use as human shields
Sexual violence in conflict – how do we stop it?
From Congo to Iraq, sexual violence is often seen as an inevitable side-effect of war
New film displays Germans in best and worst light in refugee crisis
The tensions in the film mirror a nationwide soul-searching as ordinary Germans are coping with the arrival of a million refugees
Iraqi troops battle Islamic State inside Mosul
18,000 people have been displaced so far by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the Islamic State
Refugees languish in Greek limbo as alarm grows in Brussels
Some 61,000 migrants are still scattered across Greece, including 15,900 in overcrowded island camps that have grown violent as the delays mount
Russia says resumption of Syria peace talks delayed indefinitely
"It is time for our Western colleagues to determine who they are fighting against: terrorists or Russia"