Preventing the next Ebola – the world’s worst healthcare systems + Interactive map
Perhaps no crisis best illustrates the maxim "prevention is better than cure" than Ebola.
Since the start of the outbreak, external donors have committed $4.3...
92-year-old elementary school pupil inspires generation in Kenya
She grew up in Kenya under colonial rule, when women didn't get an education. Now in her 90s, Priscilla Sitienei is changing that, attending...
The human cost of the Israel Gaza conflict – in pictures
Palestinian woman Safa Fayez, 29, pulls herself up the staircase of her home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. She was seriously wounded by shrapnel when...
The girl who gets gifts from birds By Katy Sewall
Lots of people love the birds in their garden, but it's rare for that affection to be reciprocated. One young girl in Seattle is...
The World Humanitarian Summit: Talking shop or game changer?
The build-up to the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul is gathering pace, but what guarantees are there that anything will actually be accomplished?
The...
IOM: Some 3,800 Migrants Rescued from Mediterranean since Friday
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that 933 people had arrived on the island of Lampedusa over the previous 24 hours.
These latest...
Dementia hits women hardest – study
Research finds disease now leading cause of death in British women; many are also carers before succumbing themselves.
Women are bearing the brunt of the...
The 12 terrifying ways researchers think human civilisation is most likely to end
The apocalypse could be caused by any one of these 12 things, scientists say.
Researchers at Oxford University have compiled a “scientific assessment about the...
The U.S. Female Genital Mutilation Crisis
Estimates released today show more than half a million girls living in America have been cut or are at risk of being cut—more than...
4 Things You Probably Know About Poverty That Bill and Melinda Gates Don’t
To fix global poverty, you first need to acknowledge where it comes from.
Bill and Melinda Gates just released their annual letter, "Our Big Bet...