Russia backs 48-hour Aleppo truce, UN wants other sides to commit
The UN has been pushing for a weekly 48-hour pause in fighting in Aleppo to alleviate suffering for some 2 million people
Hungary offers Serbia help in guarding borders against migrants
Balkan countries closed their borders in March, but thousands of migrants still resort to perilous illegal crossings or pay people smugglers
Abused and exploited, child migrants in Italy dream of better life
"I don't feel Ghanaian, Libyan or Italian. I don't know where I'm from any more. But in Italy, I'm happy"
Asylum claims in Britain highest in more than a decade
More than 36,000 asylum seeker claims were made in Britain in the 12 months to June this year
U.N. Security Council must act over Syria chemical use - France
A joint investigation by the UN and the global chemical weapons watchdog also found that Islamic State militants had used sulphur mustard gas
Middle East, North Africa conflicts threaten two decades of health gains - research
The war in Syria has erased 6 years off average life expectancy
Kerry to discuss Yemen, Syria with Gulf Arab states
The 16-month conflict in Yemen that has killed more than 6,500 people, about half them civilians
EU refugee relocation scheme must be bigger, quicker - UNHCR chief
"Refugees are mostly the result of unresolved conflict and until and unless we solve those conflicts the risk of new influxes and new emergencies cannot be excluded"
U.S. seeks Latin American help amid rise in Asian, African migrants
Migrants often fly to Brazil, obtain fake passports there, before heading through Central America to Mexico's porous southern border
Bulgaria seeks closer ties with Turkey to tackle migrant inflow
One million migrants and refugees, many coming via Turkey which says it hosts 2.7 million Syrian refugees, arrived in Europe last year