Syria announces new offensive, diplomats fail to renew truce
U.N. resumes aid deliveries to besieged areas
World Bank to tap capital markets to boost loans to poorest countries
World Bank's International Development Association unit will be able to boost lending for clean water and energy projects, public health programs and aid to refugees
U.N. resumes Syria aid delivery after attack
The United Nations suspended land deliveries after a convoy attack, which the Syrian Arab Red Crescent says killed a staff member and around 20 civilians
UN says revival of Syria truce is possible, working on peace talks
"Clearly, the resumption of the talks would be greatly helped by revitalising the cessation of hostilities, and I think that is a possibility"
Internally displaced people must not be left behind
More than 40 out of the 65 million people forced to flee their homes because of violence and conflict are internally displaced
Warplanes hit Aleppo in heaviest attack in months, defy U.S.
U.N. resumes aid deliveries to besieged areas
Britain ramps up humanitarian aid in Iraq ahead of Mosul offensive
The funding is in addition to the 169.5 million pounds the UK government has already spent on aid in Iraq since 2014
Syria's White Helmets share Sweden's "alternative Nobel" prize
"They come in after the bombs have fallen and free people from the ruins, from the rubble of the houses that have been bombed"
U.N. resumes Syria aid delivery with convoy to besieged area
"We will advise on the exact locations once the convoy has actually reached those locations"
"No tolerance" for repeat of abuses in upcoming Iraq campaign-U.S. envoy
UN says Mosul offensive risks triggering a major humanitarian crisis, with 1 million or more people potentially fleeing the city