Contrary to the right of asylum, refugee resettlement is not codified in international law. What steps should we take to better protect some of the world's most vulnerable people?

Adèle Garnier, Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, and Liliana Lyra Jubilut 24 Oct 2018

Humanitarian Action

More Afghans have been displaced by drought than by conflict this year

This year 275,000 people have been displaced by water shortages, according to UN reports.

Tom Miles · Reuters 19 Oct 2018

United States

These US churches are creating social housing with their old buildings

Churches are quietly creating low-income housing in areas around Washington - and cities across the United States are taking notice.

Carey L. Biron · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Oct 2018

Global Health

Why smallpox gives us a reason to be hopeful

International co-operation and resilience allowed us to stop a global epidemic.

Jason M. Opal and Steven M. Opal · The Conversation 08 Oct 2018

Middle East and North Africa

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nadia Murad, is a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islam...

Nerijus Adomaitis and Terje Solsvik · Reuters 05 Oct 2018

Global Risks

Why Indonesia’s tsunamis are so deadly

The recent magnitude 7.5 earthquake has caused at least 1,200 deaths in Indonesia.

Anja Scheffers · The Conversation 04 Oct 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Over 840 people have been killed by Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami

The Indonesian authorities are scrambling to provide aid to the victims of the Sulawesi island disaster.

Athit Perawongmetha · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 01 Oct 2018

Humanitarian Action

What a car company can teach us about recovering from disasters

Car giant Toyota supported start-up SBP with establishing innovative systems within natural disaster recovery.

Zack Rosenburg · Quartz 27 Sep 2018

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

World hunger has risen for the third year in a row, according to a new UN report

New data shows that over 821 million people were hungry in 2017.

Thin Lei Win · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 12 Sep 2018

Humanitarian Action

Crop-munching armyworm could threaten millions of farmers in Asia

The pest prefers maize but can feed on some 80 crops, including rice, vegetables, groundnuts and cotton.

Emma Batha · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 17 Aug 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Caribbean states and Richard Branson have launched a green fund to fight disasters

The fund launched by Richard Branson and 26 countries and territories hopes to turn the region into a disaster-resilient green tech hub.

Sebastien Malo · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 16 Aug 2018

Humanitarian Action

These volunteers are fighting the loneliness epidemic by talking to strangers on the street

Finding human connection in a crowded city is often hard. But this organization has a novel approach to tackling the problem of urban loneliness: street listening.

Rosamond Hutt 27 Jul 2018

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