Islamic State forces Syria rebels to retreat from border area
Offensive being waged by rebels driven from eastern Syria at height of Islamic State's rapid expansion in 2014
U.S. to rally business for refugees, Obama aims to double global resettlement
President Obama to urge world leaders to boost aid, double number of refugees being resettled
Price of fame: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala joins millionaires' club
Book sales and appearances on the global speaker circuit have turned Malala and her family into millionaires
Aid reaches all besieged areas of Syria with latest delivery -U.N.
Truck convoy brings aid for some 20,000 people thought to be living in the rebel-held towns of Zamalka and Irbin
Lebanon fears more attacks after multiple suicide bombings
Most of the attackers had come from Syria, and not refugee camps hosting refugees, according to a Lebanese official
U.N. hikes 2016 humanitarian appeal to record $21.6 bln after new disasters
Even as needs are rising steadily, the 2016 appeal has received only a quarter of the total requested so far
EXCLUSIVE-U.S. to downgrade Myanmar in annual human trafficking report - sources
Move aims to prod country to do more to curb use of child soldiers and forced labor, and send message of concern about persecuted Rohingya
Eight suicide bombers target Lebanese Christian village
Lebanese security services have been on heightened alert for militant attacks in recent weeks
Plight of stranded Syrian refugees worsens as Jordan blocks aid - aid workers
"We know the food rations will run out soon, probably in a few days' time," said a U.N. spokeswoman
WIDER IMAGE-"I study in a cave": Going to school in Syria
"The conditions are not very good but the professor and his wife treat us very well," said 14-year-old student Ali Khaled Stouf