Facing the fear of water: Refugees learn to swim in Lesbos | Refugees
YSR has its roots in swimming, explains Estelle Jean, the organisation’s founder and executive director. “In 2016, thousands of people were coming by the sea,…
Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages | Child Rights News
Jude Chery has heard talk of armed gangs for most of his life. The 30-year-old Haitian activist remembers that he started to learn the names…
Soldier students: Job training gives hope to Myanmar’s military defectors | Conflict
Myanmar-Thailand border – At a secret gathering above a cafe in a town on the Myanmar-Thailand border, Ko Aye examined the inside of an Android…
At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince: UN | Armed Groups News
At least 150 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince over the past week, the United Nations says, as the Haitian capital reels from a surge…
Lebanese Australians reminded of past wars as Israel attacks Lebanon again | Israel attacks Lebanon
Melbourne, Australia – Israel’s devastating bombing of Lebanon has reverberated around the world, reaching as far as the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney’s…
‘Stripped of our human dignity’: What it means to be hungry in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
Khan Younis, Gaza – What does it mean to be hungry for months? In Gaza, where more than 43,000 of us have been killed by…
Israel’s maximalist demands unlikely to lead to ceasefire with Hezbollah | Israel attacks Lebanon News
Beirut, Lebanon – As Israel sends mixed messages about a ceasefire with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, analysts say the war is likely to intensify in…
The view from Gaza: What the US decision not to punish Israel looks like | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The United States State Department says it will not be limiting the weapons it supplies to Israel, elaborating only that it has not been able…
UN calls for end of weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring parties | Sudan war News
UN political chief doesn’t name countries providing weapons to army and paramilitary forces, says it’s ‘unconscionable’.The United Nations has said continued weapons supplies to Sudan’s…
Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Washington, DC – The United States was unambiguous in a message to Israel last month: Take specific steps within 30 days to alleviate the humanitarian…
What has happened in north Gaza siege since US 30-day warning | Gaza
NewsFeedThe 30 days that the US gave Israel to get more aid into its north Gaza siege zone have now expired but Palestinians there say…
US military says strikes in Syria targeted ‘Iranian backed groups’ | Conflict News
US Central Command said nine targets were hit at two locations in Syria in response to an attack on US forces over the previous 24…
Palestinian Christians despair as Gaza homeland destroyed by Israel’s war | US Election 2024 News
When Khalil Sayegh thinks back to his childhood in the Gaza Strip, the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius looms large in his memory. Sayegh,…
Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN | United Nations News
UNDP says without urgent action, 95 percent of the population will regress into survival mode.Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a…
UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing its “darkest hour” and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel’s…
Two years on, Tigray war survivors hope time will heal the scars of war | Conflict News
In Mekelle, which is the main urban centre of northern Ethiopia, normal life appears to have resumed. People crowd the streets, cafes and markets –…
Lebanon’s displaced find solidarity and community in an empty hotel | Israel attacks Lebanon
By the time the displaced families had fixed up the Hamra Star, police arrived with several buses to evict them on October 19. Najah Itani,…
What’s the impact of Sudan’s war on its people and the region? | Conflict News
The UN says sexual violence is ‘staggering’ and Sudan’s displacement crisis is the worst in the world.War in Sudan has raged since April 2023, with…
Politics and starvation: Gaza learns of Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA | United Nations News
Until this morning, 38-year-old Hussam Abu Ghaban had not heard of the Israeli Knesset’s decision to ban the UN agency responsible for his family’s welfare.…
Michiko’s story: How a Japanese girl survived an atomic bomb | Nuclear Weapons News
She was only seven years old at the time, but Michiko Kodama has a crystal-clear memory of the morning of August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima,…