Three years after Somali famine, new hunger crisis looms
Rising malnutrition and food shortages across the country resemble the warning signs that preceded the 2011 famine in which about 260,000 people died
Syrian Kurds fleeing Islamic State cross border into Turkey
Turkey is already sheltering more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees and fears hundreds of thousands more could seek to cross as fighting escalates
Hundreds of Syrian Kurds fleeing Islamic State gather on Turkish border
Mostly women and children flee after Islamic State fighters seized 21 villages and besieged a Kurdish city in northern Syria
Stateless in New York: A woman's life as a "legal ghost"
A look at life for a woman without a country
Islamic State seizes villages in Syria
Islamic State fighters encircled a Kurdish city in northern Syria near the border with Turkey on Thursday after seizing 21 villages in a major assault that prompted a commander to appeal for military aid from other Kurds in the region
Syria conflict keeps 2.8 million children out of school
Save the Children calls for action to ensure a generation of Syrian children do not miss out on education