Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

Ballistic missiles are long-range weapons designed to deliver conventional or nuclear warheads at great speeds.

Lawmaker's killing rattles the US state as Governor Tim Walz calls the attack 'politically motivated'.

As attacks between Israel and Iran persist, the global economy could face an adverse shock if tensions aren't contained.

Life sentence handed to Alaa Mousa highlights the 'brutality of Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime'.

The two regional rivals exchange more deadly attacks as open hostilities extend into a fourth day.

The nine nuclear-armed states are building bigger bombs and longer-range delivery systems as the world loses stability.

Defiant rhetoric suggests little prospect of pull back in hostilities as wider fears of a wider regional conflict rise.

UN rights chief says Israel's warfare methods 'inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians'.

'Brutal funding cuts leave brutal choices,' says aid chief, as humanitarian appeal slashes and priorities refocused.