More deals, less conflict? Cross-border water planning key, report warns
As global water supplies run low, agreements on how to share water across borders are crucial - but few are in place yet, researchers say
Tens of thousands flee Russia-led attack on Syrian opposition enclave
Moscow and Damascus, who deny indiscriminate bombing of civilians areas, say they are fighting jihadist militants
Syrians facing forced removal from Istanbul given temporary reprieve
Turkey hosts more than 3.6 million Syrians, the largest population of Syrians displaced by an eight-year civil war
INTERVIEW - Allow Iranian women to attend matches, says Asian soccer official
Female football fans have long campaigned for the ban, imposed under Iran's Islamic law after the 1979 revolution, to be lifted
Germany takes back four Islamic State children from Syria
Like other western countries, Germany faces a tricky decision on how to deal with citizens who went to the Middle East to join groups like Islamic State
Turkey says Syria safe zone centre to start work next week
Washington and Ankara have been at odds over plans for northeastern Syria, where the YPG formed the main part of a U.S.-backed force which fought against Islamic State
No country and no work: refugees despair at slow pace of Malaysia's reforms
Refugees in Malyasia are viewed as illegal migrants awaiting resettlement in a third country, and cannot officially access education or employment
In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war
Lebanon was the only country where Christians from Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories could all meet easily and safely
Britain urged to act over rising global attacks on aid workers
Nearly 300 aid workers and health workers were killed and more than 850 injured last year in almost 1,200 attacks
Ceasefire gives wary Syrians in Idlib respite from strikes
For three months, an army offensive backed by Russia has killed at least 400 people in northwest Syria and uprooted more than 440,000