Syrian refugees flee to Iraq
Baynjan, an unofficial camp in northern Iraq, is home to more than 700 Syrian refugees. There are more than 150,000 Syrian refugees scattered across Iraq but as the spotlight remains on those in Jordan and Lebanon, their fate is often overlooked.
Traces of migrants' unfinished journeys
Photos, watches, cellphones, taken from the bodies of some 90 migrants – Syrian, Pakistani and Sudanese - who died at sea on three boats in the Mediterranean and kept by Italian police to identify them and help convict people smugglers
2013 Year in pictures
Here is our choice of the 50 best pictures of 2013, covering the big events of the year, from the military takeover in Egypt to operations to stabilise countries in central Africa, taking in the plight of the Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar, the worsening civil war in Syria, and natural disasters from earthquakes in southwest China to Typhoon Haiyan which devastated the central Philippines.
World Press Freedom Day: How the Foundation is giving independent media the tools to thrive
A thriving independent media is a key pillar of any free, fair and informed society.
Gay Syrian refugees see intolerance rise in once-liberal Lebanon
Many LGBTQ+ Syrians fled to Lebanon to escape civil war but an economic crisis has seen attitudes harden and intolerance rise
Winners of the 2023 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism announced
The 2023 winners of the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism have been announced. Now in their 22nd year, these Awards recognise brave journalists for their reporting on conflict, corruption and injustice, and are named in honour of American freelance journalist Kurt Schork who was killed in Sierra Leone while on assignment for Reuters in 2000.
After King Charles, could Britain have an openly LGBTQ+ monarch?
As Britain celebrates the coronation of King Charles on Saturday, could there ever be an LGBTQ+ monarch?