ICC opens investigation into Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Prosecutors say they would examine "in full independence and impartiality" crimes that may have occurred since June 13 last year
UK rushed to spend billion pounds to meet foreign aid target - report
National Audit Office said the government's outlay in late 2013 risked putting aid officials under pressure to allocate money
Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels
Training mission is expected to begin in the spring at sites outside Syria
Food enters Syria's besieged Homs city after local deal - U.N.
Convoy carrying enough food for about 42,500 people for one month will be followed by two more convoys over coming days
INTERVIEW-Libya may become another Somalia if U.N. talks push fails - British envoy
Libya risks full-scale civil war, posing a threat to its neighbours and to Europe says British envoy
Tensions surge in Jordan as refugees compete for scarce water
Limited resources – and growing resentment- could threaten Jordan’s stability, researchers warn
Female Yazidi captives forced to give blood to wounded Islamist fighters - survivor
Women and girls "taken as spoils of war", forced to give blood, raped and tortured, say survivors
INTERVIEW-Iraq says US-led coalition not doing enough against Islamic State
Iraq feels that, despite air strikes and other assistance, it is fighting largely on its own
"Abject poverty" driving Jordan's Syrian refugees to drastic action - UN
Poverty may push refugee children to leave school for work, women into 'survival sex', UNHCR says
UNICEF: Refugees freezing to death in the Middle East
The United Nations says at least six displaced Syrian children have died due to the severe cold weather hitting the Middle East, with many refugee families struggling to cope in the icy conditions