A large-scale operation is under way in Syria to secure safe water supplies for more than 10 million people, says UNICEF.

A nourishment programme in Gaza is one of many outpatient services for the non-profit, public hospital operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

Urgent steps are needed if Afghanistan is to avoid a repeat of the deaths among children and adults in the country’s displacement camps last year.

Sister Valentine and the Rev Mofid Karajaili have chosen to stay with residents of a Centre for the Elderly in Bab Sbaa, Syria, despite escalating violence.