Charting the decline of hunger
Latest U.N. report on food security provides a graphic glimpse at how hunger has fallen since 1990 - and at how large the problem still looms in parts of the world
PICTURE FACTBOX: The plight of the Yazidis
Islamic State fighters, who have beheaded and crucified captives in Iraq in their drive to eradicate non-believers, have driven thousands of people of the Yazidi religious sect into the Sinjar mountain range in northern Iraq. Who are the Yazidis and what do they believe in? Here are some answers.
5 facts: World Malaria Day
World Malaria Day 2013 - Invest in the future: defeat malaria
When 'toys' explode in Gaza
"I thought it was a toy before it exploded in my hand," the 11-year-old said in her home in Gaza City, where she picked up an unexploded remnant from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
5 facts you didn't know about violence against women in the EU
In the first and biggest cross-country survey of its kind, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency interviewed 42,000 women in 28 EU countries about their experience of physical, sexual and psychological violence
PHOTOBLOG: Celebrating International Women's Day
On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. It is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change, the U.N. says
5 facts you need to know about adolescent girls
Nearly one in five adolescent girls is out of school. That’s 65 mln girls worldwide. Here are 5 facts you need to know about adolescent girls
As Russian sanctions take hold, EU farmers pay the price
Tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the EU over Ukraine are hitting EU farmers