Psychological first aid helps people at risk of a mental breakdown in emergency situations
Most of the world's 65 million refugees and displaced people are in poor countries
At least 300,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance; health agencies on cholera alert
Food is short, shelter is minimal and to survive children are forced to beg, women forced to provide sexual favors
Satellite imagery confirms an airstrike destroyed a UN humanitarian convoy heading for rebel-held eastern Aleppo
Desperate, life-saving needs of the people in Yemen overshadowed by Syrian war, UN officials say
Relentless bombing of Aleppo described as similar to destruction of Warsaw, Stalingrad and Dresden in World War II
UN secretary-general condemns deliberate targeting of civilians, health facilities and health care workers
War and persecution have forcibly displaced more than 65 million people globally
Millions of people living in basin are in grip of ever-deepening humanitarian crisis brought on by violent conflict, abject poverty and climate change
Food crisis looms as government forces prevent people from entering or leaving Yei, agency says
Anticipated Iraqi military offensive to retake Islamic State-controlled city could trigger man-made disaster
World Health Organization analysis shows ageism is pervasive and extremely common worldwide
Agency says Arctic is warming at least twice as fast as the world average, with sea ice covering 40 percent less area at peak of summer melt than it did in the late 1970s and early 1980s
Victims of militant group leave camps in favor of villages they were forced to flee, despite areas' destruction and lack of basic services
Red Cross wants children in schools worldwide to learn first aid; the First Aid Responder of the Year was a child who saved her mother's life during an epileptic seizure
UN says success of US-Russian cease-fire talks would have a big impact on renewed hostilities and aid access, as well as maybe reviving peace efforts
2030 set as target date for clearing all cluster munitions from contaminated states
Palestinian economy would be twice as large as it is now minus Israeli occupation, UNCTAD says
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, in report to UN Rights Council, notes rising casualties in surge of fighting in recent months
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