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By Ali H. Mokdad - Aug 31, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 31, 2016 22:34
Much of the progress in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in recent decades appears to have been reversed by the ...
By Henry I. Miller - Aug 31, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 31, 2016 22:33
Human gene therapy has been one of the most ambitious goals of biotechnology since the advent of molecular techniques for genetic modificati ...
By Azamat Berdibay - Aug 29, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 29, 2016 22:27
Kazakhstan’s senate, parliament and ministry of foreign affairs, and the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNN ...
By Shams El Arifeen - Aug 25, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 25, 2016 22:20
Children die from preventable and treatable conditions like diarrhoea and pneumonia every day, with the developing world accounting for the ...
By Gustavo Gonzalez - Aug 24, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 24, 2016 22:35
The recent World Humanitarian Summit, held on May 23-24, 2016, in Istanbul, as well as the Supporting Syrians and the Region Conference in L ...
By Maléne Lindholm - Aug 24, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 24, 2016 22:35
Elite sports and doping have long been deeply interlinked. ...
By Adel Elsayed Sparr and Glada Lahn - Aug 23, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 24, 2016 20:48
The Syria crisis, which has displaced some 11.3 million people, has exposed the cracks in the conventional humanitarian relief system. ...
By David Lipton - Aug 21, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 21, 2016 22:50
The Chinese economy has slowed in recent years, but it is still a strong performer, contributing about one-third of total economic growth wo ...
By Bambang Susantono - Aug 18, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 18, 2016 22:31
Many parts of Asia have been gripped by searing temperatures and the worst drought in decades.Millions of people face shortages of food or w ...
By Michel Forst - Aug 17, 2016 - Last updated at Aug 17, 2016 22:38
International financial institutions, including the World Bank Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and other region ...