Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
The 19 July truce followed weeks of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations in the southern governorate, also known…
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World News in Brief: Funding schools in Afghanistan, Seaweed farming in Latin America, drought in Somalia
The agency plans to procure over 1,200 metric tons of fortified biscuits, which will provide 200,000 primary school-aged girls and boys with…
Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food
“I used to easily receive aid distributed by the UN,” Abir Safi, a displaced person from the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City,…
Gaza crisis deepens as UN warns children are ‘dying before reaching hospital’
With 96 per cent of households lacking clean water, many malnourished children are not surviving long enough to receive hospital care. James…
Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
It is a grim milestone for Sudan, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. But with insufficient funding, lack of access to key regions…
Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča briefed a Security Council meeting on Tuesday called by Israel to discuss the plight of hostages still being…
Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies
It has now been 842 days since conflict between troops from the military government and their former allies-turned-rivals in the paramilitary Rapid…
World News in Brief: Uganda’s refugee funding crisis, academic freedom tested in Serbia, rural resilience in Afghanistan
Uganda has a progressive refugee policy which enables refugees to work and access public services. This coupled with its geographic proximity to…
Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent staffers spark outrage
Meanwhile, on Thursday and again on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants published disturbing videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages, sparking…
Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’
Earning a living has become a daily struggle, and hundreds of men, women and children stand in endless queues, under the scorching…