The U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called on the international community to stop the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza, where Israel’s attacks and…
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French and British representatives to the United Nations expressed concern over Israel’s resumption of attacks and the aid blockade on the Gaza Strip, where civilians,…
Basic services are yet to be restored in parts of Myanmar worst hit by a massive earthquake three weeks ago and emergency workers recovering bodies…
The Gaza Strip is buckling under what aid groups are calling the worst humanitarian catastrophe since Israel’s genocidal war began. For more than six weeks,…
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday issued a warning about the rapidly escalating humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip where some 2…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned that Gaza is on the brink of total collapse, urging an immediate cease-fire and unimpeded humanitarian access…
Doctors Without Borders called the ongoing civil war in Sudan one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades. War has raged for more than a…
Despite a cease-fire providing a “much-needed respite,” a humanitarian catastrophe persists in the Gaza Strip, the head of the U.N.’s infrastructure agency warned Thursday. “In…
Egypt is making final preparations to reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, security sources confirmed Friday. Preparations are being made on both sides of…
Israel is choking northern Gaza of essential humanitarian aid, with only 12 trucks delivering food and water there over two and a half months, reported…