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Born and bred in a political family, the new Canadian prime minister initially shunned the trade.
Aylan’s father, Abdullah, said he hoped the death of his family would encourage Arab states to help Syrian refugees.
Sacks, who also wrote The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat, revealed in February that he was in the late stages of terminal cancer.
Rather than limiting population, reducing the consumption of natural resources would have a better chance of achieving effective sustainability gains.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system is designed to intercept rockets fired by Hamas from up to 69km away in Gaza.
Islamist militants have launched an assault in Baiji as Iran raises the prospect of military intervention in the embattled state.
Institutions are doubling shifts and staff, but they are finding it difficult to cope with the demand.
The burden of supporting 500 000 refugees from Syria is stretching resources to the limit, writes Mark Tran in Zaatari.
The Catholic activist has warned the world not to sweep the leader of the LRA under the carpet.
Increasingly they are being targeted – and the automation of weapons will make it even worse.
The wellbeing of many poor people has deteriorated in the past 15 years.
With corruption rife and autocracy starting to rear its head, many Ugandans want Yoweri Museveni to call time on his 27-year tenure.
Some Syrian women and girls interviewed for an International Rescue Committee report have told of attacks involving kidnap, rape, torture and murder.
Pakistan is set to become the first country in South Asia to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine to protect children against pneumonia.
About 600-million new jobs will be needed worldwide in the next 15 years to absorb a burgeoning workforce, mainly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Relief groups are stepping up their appeals for aid to tackle the worsening food crisis in the Sahel region where more than 18-million face hunger.
The Chirundu crossing between Zambia and Zimbabwe is becoming an example of how Africa can benefit from faster customs clearances.
Khartoum’s gaping revenue hole has worsened the distrust between the north and south.
Fighting between tribes in its troubled Jonglei state has led South Sudan to declare the area a disaster zone, pleading for help from relief agencies.
A joint report by the World Bank and UNODC urges governments to devote more resources to training investigators in fighting financial crime.
