‘Like we are trapped’: Minorities suffer amid conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine | Conflict News
Earlier this year, artillery fire crashed through U Khup Thang’s home in Paletwa, in western Myanmar’s Chin State, killing his son. “It felt like a…
Yazidi woman rescued from Gaza 10 years after being taken captive by ISIL | Crimes Against Humanity News
The now 21-year-old woman has returned home to her family in Iraq after complex rescue involving Israel, US and Jordan.A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic…
More than 200 killed: What caused the devastating floods in Nepal? | Environment News
Nepalese capital Kathmandu was inundated by floodwaters last week after record-breaking rains caused the Bagmati river to breach its banks. More than 200 people have…
Starving Gaza | Child Rights
A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza.Ahmed Nasser is one of a handful of doctors in…
Syria funding crisis leaves vital Idlib hospital on brink of closure | Syria’s War News
Idlib, Syria – Ayman al-Khayal, 43, sat with his family as he waited for his latest dialysis session at Bab al-Hawa Hospital in the north…
Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to northern France | Refugees
Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing Vietnamese people were walking down…
Could AI save Nigerians from devastating floods? | Floods News
In the small village of Ogba-Ojibo in central Nigeria, sitting at the confluence of two of the nation’s largest rivers – the Niger and Benue…
Haiti sets up council to prepare for first elections since 2016 | Elections News
Country is mired in political strife with international peacekeepers drafted in to restore stability.Haiti’s government has set up a provisional electoral council to prepare the…
UNICEF says six million children in Southeast Asia affected by Typhoon Yagi | Weather News
UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief.Massive floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon…
At least 236 killed in Myanmar flooding from Typhoon Yagi | Floods News
Multiple states and regions affected in a country already plunged into crisis by the February 2021 coup.At least 236 people have been confirmed dead after…
Do not ignore Mali’s multifaceted humanitarian catastrophe | Humanitarian Crises
“Each year, we witness a further drop in rainfall – which translates to a drop in produce – resulting in us not having enough food…
First-person account of surviving Israel’s bombing of al-Mawasi in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
ESSAYMost people were asleep when Israel’s bombs made a three-storey-deep crater and started a large fire.I’m Tala Herzallah, 22, from northern Gaza. I’m currently displaced…
Unspoken bonds: Gaza’s forcibly displaced and the homes they yearn for | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – An insight I gained over the past two decades is that trauma is not only experienced, it is encoded in our…
Kicked out at 18 to live on the streets – a teenage migrant in Spain | Migration
Barcelona, Spain – The morning he turned 18, the Spanish children’s centre that Ilyas* had been sheltering in for two years since he arrived across…
WFP suspends staff movements in Gaza after Israeli forces attack its team | Israel-Palestine conflict News
UN food agency says it’s the first time in the 10-month-long war that one of its vehicles has been directly shot at near a checkpoint.The…
Creating hope for Gaza’s student doctors amid Israeli bombardment | Israel-Palestine conflict
Gaza City – Before October 2023, Ezzeddin Lulu, or just “Ezz”, enjoyed sketching people he saw on the streets. With his charcoal pencil and drawing…
Palestinian medics taken from Gaza, tortured while detained: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Palestinian healthcare workers were rounded up from medical facilities in Gaza, sent to detention centres in Israel, and then severely mistreated and some tortured, according…
China steps up armed patrols on border as Myanmar conflict deepens | Conflict News
China has reported artillery shells injuring residents and damaging buildings in its territory amid fighting in Shan State.China’s military has stepped up army and police…
Echoes of a massacre: Tales from Israel’s attack on al-Tabin School | Israel-Palestine conflict
Sumaya Abu Ajwa had woken up for the Fajr prayer with her two foster daughters, 16-year-old Nuseiba and 14-year-old Retaj, and their mother. She and…
‘Enough is enough’: Rohingya demand end to violence in Myanmar | Human Rights News
Rohingya seeking refuge in Bangladesh hold rallies marking the seventh anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar.Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have held…