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Filmmaker Talal Derki ruthlessly shows how children in war-torn Syria are brought up to become jihadists

The World Biodiversity Council issues a warning about mass extinction and pushes for the adoption of ambitious environmental protection measures

Head of UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo warns against budget cuts

Lessons learned from almost two decades of crisis work in Afghanistan should apply to other fragile states

Experts demand change of course in international trade policy

A small number of multinational corporations control the global food industry from the field to the supermarket shelf

Growing demand for palm oil is changing agriculture in countries as far apart as Ghana and Indonesia

Two German cabinet members launch joint initiative to boost private-sector development

Scandals have forced anti-doping agencies to act more forcefully

Boxing empowers women and promotes social change