ANALYSIS - How to stop people dying from aid shortages? Tackle roots of crises
Reduce urgent aid needs by putting political effort and cash into resolving conflicts and protecting people from natural disasters
Australia says talks on fate of PNG asylum seekers could take months
Papua New Guinea plans to close Manus Island detention centre after Supreme Court rule it unlawful
Syrian warplanes counter-attack rebels near Aleppo
Aleppo - one of the biggest strategic prizes in the war - is divided into government and rebel-held zones
Outrage after attacks on Aleppo’s clinics is not enough - there must be action
If you destroy a health facility, you take away a lifeline for whole communities. Even wars have limits
Conditions worsen in besieged Hama prison amid standoff - HRW and activists
Nearly 800 mostly political detainees have launched a revolt at the prison, rights groups say
Court says Australia cannot force asylum seeker to have abortion in PNG
The pregnant woman says she was raped at an Australia detention centre for asylum seekers on the island of Nauru
Syrian government forces try to storm prison after inmates revolt, monitor says
MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-PRISON (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Syrian government forces try to storm prison after inmates revolt, monitor says
Syria denies targeting camps, U.N. condemns "murderous attacks"
"Initial reports suggest the attacks were carried out by Syrian Government aircraft, but this remains to be verified"
Filipino journalists hone elections reporting skills
Reporting the news is not for the faint-hearted in the Philippines, the deadliest country in the world for journalists over the last quarter century besides the war zones of Iraq and Syria.
Syrian rebels threaten to shell government forces over prisoners' revolt
MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-PRISON:Syrian rebels threaten to shell government forces over prisoners' revolt