Gaza: UN pushes to scale up aid delivery
On Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher made his way to Rafah on the southern Gaza border, from the Egyptian capital…
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Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
In a statement on Wednesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that two days after world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to…
Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP
Programmes in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan are already facing major disruptions, which…
Afghan quake aftermath: Children facing heightened risk from disease
The severe risk of disease outbreak comes after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a remote eastern area of Afghanistan on 31 August near…
Humanitarians call for greater support amid immense needs
The $45.3 billion needed for life-saving activities throughout 2025 was just 21 per cent funded as of September, with nearly $9.6 billion…
Israel restricts Gaza aid, saying Hamas must do more to return deceased hostages
The Israeli military body which coordinates with the UN and other international organizations, COGAT, said in a statement that starting Wednesday, it…
Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN
At just 41 kilometres long (25.4 miles) and two to five kilometres wide (1.2 to 3.1 miles), few places in the Gaza…
Ukraine: Top humanitarian strongly condemns Russian attack on UN aid convoy
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Matthias Schmale, strongly condemned the attack. “Today, an inter-agency convoy of four humanitarian trucks, clearly…
UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
The allocation, announced on Monday by Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, will support the immediate scale-up of aid operations across the Gaza…
Gaza: Hostages reported released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
António Guterres expressed his “profound relief” that the hostages had been freed, two years since they were among some 250 taken during…