Melinda Gates, just back from a trip to Bangladesh, along with Nicholas Kristof, answer readers’ questions about maternal health and other women’s issues... Read more

Eyes smeared with kohl, a young boy stares intently at the camera. Dozens gather for a funeral under a brooding sky. And in downtown Homs, the devastated city fighting a agonising rebellion against Syria's President Assad, an old man closes his eyes and raises his hands in desperate prayer... Read more