EXCLUSIVE-Which aid relief charities spend the most on fundraising?
Total annual spending of 50 of the world's biggest humanitarian NGOs has more than doubled to $18 billion in the last 10 years
Iraqi govt, UN agencies begin training women to farm
Women and girls in Iraq face a slew of challenges including lack of access to education and mass displacement due to conflict, sexual violence and exploitation
Iraq launches offensive to drive Islamic State from biggest province
Militants put up fight and deploy five suicide car bombs to repel attack on city of Falluja
UN chief disappointed Yemen humanitarian pause in fighting didn't take hold
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Nobel winner Malala opens school for Syrian refugees
Youngest winner of Nobel Peace Prize celebrates 18th birthday in Lebanon by opening school for Syrian refugee girls
Uighurs "on way to jihad" returned to China in hoods
Many Uighurs keen to escape unrest in China's western Xinjiang region have travelled clandestinely to Turkey via Southeast Asia
Tripoli parliament stays away from signing of Libya peace agreement
Western officials say UN talks are only hope of halting fighting among factions allied to Libya's two governments
Suicide bomber in burqa kills 15 people in Chad capital
Chad has blamed Islamist militant group Boko Haram for a series of recent bombings and shootings
China says Uighurs being sold as "cannon fodder" for extremist groups
Chinese official says some Uighurs are being taken to Turkey and sold to fight for groups like Islamic State
INSIGHT-Iraq's Shi'ite militias target Falluja in Anbar campaign
The government is relying on mainly Shi'ite Hashid Shaabi militia fighters to help claw back territory from Islamic State