Violence, corruption threaten Afghan progress in getting kids to school
More than 3.5 million children, one in three Afghan kids, will miss school at the start of the school year and the number is predicted to rise
World has just months to stop starvation in Yemen, Somalia - Red Cross
More than 20 million people are facing famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and northeast Nigeria.
U.S. opts out of Americas' human rights meetings, citing legal issues
"Refusing to engage with the commission is an isolationist policy that mirrors the behavior of authoritarian regimes"
IS force young men to fight in defence of Mosul - refugees
"I hid my sons in the basement and told them if you want my sons you will have to kill me"
Saudi-led coalition calls for U.N. supervision of Yemen port
"This would facilitate the flow of humanitarian supplies ... while at the same time ending the use of the port for weapons smuggling and people trafficking"
Air strike kills 42 refugees off Yemen, Somalia demands investigation
Refugees travelling towards Sudan
South Sudan government to blame for famine, still buying arms -U.N. report
U.N. sanctions monitors say 97 percent of South Sudan's known revenue comes from oil sales, and at least half of the budget - "likely substantially more" - is devoted to security
Ethiopian army frees six children kidnapped by South Sudan gunmen
Dozens of others remain missing
Fear, hunger and destruction in Mosul Old City as IS under pressure
"If we hadn't got out this morning, they'd have killed us"