Experts say benefits outweigh risks for pregnant and breastfeeding women in Congo regions currently fighting outbreak of deadly virus
The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of people leave Venezuela every day in search of international protection or to improve their economic situation
Nearly 7 million people will not know where their next meal will come from at the peak of the hunger season from May to July, report shows
Crisis causing rise in infectious diseases, re-emergence of illnesses such as malaria and tuberculosis
Most of 700,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, unprotected from heavy rains and winds due within weeks, Red Cross officials say
The increased ground-based bombardment in Idlib has caused civilian casualties and put one million people in a very precarious situation: UN
Officials say containing spread of deadly virus will depend largely upon getting communities to cooperate with health care workers
Charges are politically motivated and aimed at preventing the independent voice of Rappler from being heard
Women and girls are gang raped multiple times over many hours and many are brutally beaten with rifle butts, sticks, small firearms and cable wires
Objective is to assist more than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees and vulnerable populations hosting them in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
UN health experts warn listening to loud music is unsafe and can cause permanent damage to hearing
Every case of the disease that occurs in a setting where people are not immune will create nine to 10 additional cases because of exposure
A majority of the 3.3 billion people employed worldwide are working under poor conditions that do not guarantee them a decent living
Conditions are desperate as winter in the desert is extremely cold; at least eight children have died at the site as of January, says WFP representative
Two-thirds or 1.3 billion of the world’s children live without any social protection covering, dooming them to a life of poverty
UN refugee agency says it cannot assess scale of current humanitarian situation in these volatile areas because it has little access to these and other regions
An estimated 3 million Venezuelans have fled chronic food and medical shortages in their country since mid-2017
The ferocity of fighting in places such as Falluja and Mosul have resulted in a level of destruction and mass suffering that will be hard to repair
The World Health Organization is scaling up efforts to try to control an outbreak of Lassa fever in West Africa, which is escalating at a rapid pace
Last year, some 17,000 explosive hazards were uncovered and hauled away from the city once controlled by Islamic State
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