On World Water Day, focus where it’s needed most
New research shows that of all the donor aid directed at water and sanitation programmes, just one-quarter of it is going to the countries that need it most
On a high seas rescue mission with the Italian Navy
A flotilla of five navy vessels has saved more than 10,000 people from overcrowded boats on the Mediterranean under an operation launched last year.
Shi'ite supporters of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e Muslimeen (MWM) chant slogans as they carry signs with the portrait of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa during a protest demonstration in Karachi
Shi'ite supporters of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e Muslimeen (MWM) chant slogans as they carry signs with the portrait of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa during a protest demonstration in Karachi March 20, 2014. Salman Al-Khalifa of Bahrain arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday (March 18) on a three-day official visit to Pakistan to hold talks with country's leadership on bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Shi'ite supporters of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e Muslimeen (MWM) chant slogans as they carry posters with the portraits of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa during a protest demonstration in Karachi
Shi'ite supporters of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e Muslimeen (MWM) chant slogans as they carry posters with the portraits of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa during a protest demonstration in Karachi March 20, 2014. Salman Al-Khalifa of Bahrain arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday (March 18) on a three-day official visit to Pakistan to hold talks with country's leadership on bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Shi'ite supporters of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e Muslimeen (MWM) hold up signs with the portrait of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa during a protest demonstration in Karachi
Shi'ite supporters of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e Muslimeen (MWM) hold up signs with the portrait of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa during a protest demonstration in Karachi March 20, 2014. Salman Al-Khalifa of Bahrain arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday (March 18) on a three-day official visit to Pakistan to hold talks with country's leadership on bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
UNHCR report shows leap in asylum applications for industrialized countries
The "Asylum Trends 2013" report says 612,700 people applied for asylum in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific last year ? the highest total for any year since 2001.
EXCLUSIVE-The mysterious journey of the Libya oil tanker
LIBYA-TANKER/IDENTITY (EXCLUSIVE, PIX):EXCLUSIVE-The mysterious journey of the Libya oil tanker