More than 2,000 Iraqis a day flee Mosul as military advances
More than 2,000 Iraqis a day are fleeing Mosul, a rise of nearly 50 percent over the last few days, U.N. refugee agency says
Iraqi forces press gains against Islamic State in eastern Mosul
Militants are using city terrain to their advantage, concealing car bombs in narrow alleys and posting snipers on tall buildings with civilians on lower floors
Sudan's Bashir announces one-month ceasefire extension
Talks to secure a lasting ceasefire in Sudan's three warring regions under a road map for peace collapsed in August
End violence in Myanmar, Nobel laureates urge U.N. Security Council
"Human tragedy amounting to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity is unfolding in Myanmar"
EXPERT VIEWS - With crises set to worsen, what are aid groups' priorities for 2017?
After a year of record humanitarian needs, 2017 looks set to be even more challenging for aid agencies
Asylum seekers riot at Papua New Guinea detention camp
Total of 872 asylum seekers are held on Manus despite Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruling that their detention was illegal
U.N. council fails to impose arms embargo on South Sudan
"This resolution would not have been a panacea"
Hunger as a weapon of war
Imagine having capacity to help innocent people but being prevented from doing so – blocked by combatants who use denial of food and other aid as weapons of war
Lawmakers urge UK govt to help end 'horrendous crisis' in South Sudan
Men and boys have been castrated in fighting and women are hiding under water with their babies to escape from militias
South Sudan at a crossroads
The suffering of the South Sudanese people cannot continue simply due to a lack of political will to change the status quo