Migration cannot be addressed through stricter immigration laws. Policymakers must tackle underlying causes — beginning with a broken global food system, writes Danielle Nierenberg.

A cash-strapped Greek pensioner shot and killed himself outside parliament in Athens, saying he refused to scrounge for food in the rubbish.

The US has responded cautiously to Syria’s sudden acceptance of a United Nations peace plan, wary that president Bashar Assad’s regime may use its apparent willingness to compromise as cover to press on with a year-long political crackdown.