Cease-fire plan for Syria's northwest is blocked in U.N. Security Council
Russia and China vetoed a resolution seeking to impose a cease-fire in Idlib governorate, the last rebel stronghold.
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UNESCO-led Mosul's heritage reconstruction project is set for 2020
The $100 million plan will reconstruct Mosul's cultural heritage, including its famed 12th-century al-Nuri mosque.
Trump's refugee and humanitarian aid faulted for 'cruel practices'
Refugees International gave the Trump administration's U.S. practices a 'failing grade' for a second year in a row.
U.N. rights chief wary of nationalism interfering with global cooperation
A warning that sovereignty and national borders are being invoked to prevent human rights issues from being addressed.
No school for 3.7 million refugee children as financing falls short
Little more than 60% of all refugee children are able to go to primary schools, versus 90% among all children globally.
For humanitarians, the Geneva Conventions at 70 are a call to duty
To mark the anniversary, diplomats planned to discuss the strengths and weakness of international humanitarian law.
Almost 71 million people globally have been forced to flee their homes
The number of displaced people, including many children, rose by 2.3 million from 2017, and doubled in two decades.
Ebola and global public health reforms weigh on WHO assembly
Delegates to the global decision-making body will tackle ways to strengthen emergency response and restructure the agency.
U.N. relief agency says 1 million people in Gaza may go hungry
The Trump administration's withdrawal of U.S. funding for Palestinian refugees could create a huge humanitarian crisis.
A record 41 million people are uprooted in their own nations
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
Trump to pull U.S. from conventional arms trade treaty
The treaty covers small arms, battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships. The U.S. is the world's biggest arms exporter.
Red Cross pleads for info on missing staff taken by militants in Syria
The kidnappings of the three ICRC staff six years ago had been kept secret until now out of fears for their safety.
More children die of illness due to contaminated water than from war
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
U.N. experts warn Islamic State militants remain a global threat
The extremist group is reported to still have thousands of foreign terrorist fighters among its ranks in Iraq and Syria.
Rise of populism and trade wars erodes international cooperation
The Trump administration's broadsides embolden nations with poor rights records and encourage attacks on journalists.
World faces 'stress test' of dangerous conflicts and climate change
Huge security threats loom from the crisis in Yemen to Afghanistan's fighting to the U.S.-China trade war.