More than 6.2 million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid, including nearly three million who are going hungry.
Hundreds of family and friends join funeral of slain engineer in his hometown amid growing fears of hate crimes in US.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been away for weeks getting treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
Moscow and Beijing prevent UNSC from imposing sanctions on Syrian government for alleged use of chemical weapons.
A look at how US military spending compares to the rest of the world and how it has changed in the last 50 years.
State inquiry says cabinet never discussed possible alternatives to army action, which killed over 2,250 Palestinians.
Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX is planning to send two unnamed tourists around the Moon in 2018.
Charges for those allegedly involved in failed July military coup range from murder to trying to overthrow government.
UN and Amnesty International demand immediate release of child soldiers in war-torn Yemen.
Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, gets buried in the deepest February snowfall on record.
The legendary philanthropist set up the world's biggest volunteer ambulance network and helped save thousands of lives.
We follow one of the FARC's most militarily successful fronts as it heads to a UN camp to begin the transition to peace.
Syrian army's advances in Al Bab city may delay the battle for Raqqa, analysts say.
The lives of the many who rely on the 26 fishermen who were arrested after straying into Indian waters are now at risk.
OPEC heavyweight and Gulf allies believe the rise would increase investment without causing a jump in US shale output.
Abu Sayyaf group decapitated hostage Jurgen Kantner and videotaped the killing after ransom demands went unmet.
Once known as 'coal country', this impoverished region of the US is trying to build a future without the coal industry.
Thousands of refugee children are being abused, exploited and arbitrarily detained in Libya, UNICEF reports.
A collective boycott of Israeli military court system is welcomed by prisoner rights groups.
Armed group claims attack on checkpoint in Lashkar Gah but official says it could be an 'insider attack'.
The world is becoming a playground for the rich, as governments work towards putting a price on citizenship.
Prison conditions contravene UN treaties barring torture and stipulating minimum prisoner rights, group says.
Trump may have won the election, but Oscars revealed Hollywood has moved forward with its efforts to embrace inclusion.
Women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on North Korean leader's half-brother to be officially charged in Malaysia.
Prosecutors have indicted Samsung's de facto chief Lee Jae-Yong on embezzlement linked to massive South Korean scandal.
