[DanBC]

I read IRIN, Trust.org, and reliefweb.

http://irinnews.org/

http://www.trust.org/humanitarian/

http://reliefweb.int/

Edit: curious that this got downvoted so rapidly when OP specifically mentions wanting to keep track of things like wars, which these sites all cover, while discarding flavor-of-the-week scandals, which again these sites avoid.

[mrottenkolber]

Because HN is the worst possible place to have an exchange of views. Seems like a sensible selection of news sources to me.

May I add: The Intercept is nice.