Drinking water supplies dwindle in Yemeni city besieged by Houthi rebels Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, faces a severe water crisis as Houthi rebels backed by Iran tighten their encirclement The Independent UK · Oct 24
Dozens of international teams rushing to Venezuela GENEVA - International search and rescue teams from at least 17 countries are being scrambled to Venezuela to help look for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes, the United Nations said on Friday. Bangkok Post · Jun 26
Hamas continues efforts to return bodies of hostages under ceasefire deal Hamas has delivered the remains of nine individuals, plus a tenth body Israel claimed was not a hostage The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025
UN, Red Cross Demand Opening Of All Gaza Crossings To Let In Aid The United Nations and the international Red Cross called on Tuesday for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory. International Business Times · Oct 14, 2025
Israel’s Netanyahu lashes out at France’s Macron, Australian PM Albanese Israeli PM accuses French president of stirring anti-Semitism, and claims Australian PM has abandoned Australian Jews. Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025
United Nations slams US- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group as a ‘failure’ UN spokesman says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation not delivering supplies safely, while dozens more Palestinians killed. Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2025
Hamas denies rejecting US-led Gaza deal as Israel confirms it killed Mohammed Sinwar – as it happened Militant group calls for changes to US proposal as IDF confirms it killed Hamas leader on 13 May The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025
Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN Mission to deliver help is ‘one of most obstructed aid operations in recent history’, humanitarian agency says The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025
What is a famine and who declares one? For months, experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine The Independent UK · May 30, 2025
Children and elderly are dying from starvation in Gaza, says health minister UN spokesperson says about 90 aid trucks have entered Gaza, but Palestinian Red Crescent says deliveries have not arrived The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025
90 truckloads of aid picked up in Gaza after delays at crossing with Israel Aid groups have collected food and medicine, but face challenges getting it to the people The Independent UK · May 22, 2025
Israeli strikes kill 51 in Gaza as aid groups collect limited supplies At least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025
Live updates: Aid groups collect some supplies that have entered Gaza The United Nations say aid groups have collected humanitarian aid carried by about 90 trucks, out of a total of nearly 200 that have entered Gaza since Israel began allowing limited goods in earlier this week The Independent UK · May 22, 2025
UN agencies warn Israel plans for aid distribution endanger lives in Gaza International aid agencies warn that plans presented by Israel to control aid distribution in Gaza will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory The Independent UK · May 9, 2025
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024 Middle East latest: Netanyahu testifies in his corruption trial as Israel bombs sites in Syria Israeli warplanes have pounded military sites in Syria after Israeli troops seized a border buffer zone following the collapse of President Bashar Assad’s rule
The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024 More aid workers have been killed in 2024 than in any other year, UN says The United Nations says more aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other single year
International Business Times · Aug 23, 2024 Sudan Talks Close With Progress On Two Safe Aid Routes Talks on the devastating war in Sudan ended Friday without a ceasefire but with progress on securing aid access on two key routes into a country facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
International Business Times · Jun 17, 2024 Lull In Gaza Fighting As Biden Urges Truce In Eid Message Israel struck Gaza on Monday and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory's south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked Eid al-Adha.
International Business Times · Jun 17, 2024 Rare Day Of Relative Calm As Gaza Sees 'Tactical Pause' For Aid Gaza saw its first day of relative calm in months Sunday, after Israel's military said it would "pause" fighting daily around a southern route to facilitate aid flows, following repeated UN warnings of famine in the Palestinian territory.
Al Jazeera · May 17, 2024 ‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher UN says it has received only 12 percent of funds sought for war-wracked Sudan as ‘famine is closing in’.
Al Jazeera · May 3, 2024 UN chief urges Israel and Hamas to reach ceasefire deal in Gaza Antonio Guterres says he fears war in Gaza ‘will worsen exponentially’ without a truce as Israel’s Rafah assault looms.
International Business Times · Apr 9, 2024 Israel Blocking More Food Than Other Aid In Hunger-stalked Gaza: UN Israel is blocking far more convoys carrying food aid within Gaza, where famine is looming, than convoys carrying other kinds of aid, the UN said Tuesday.
International Business Times · Mar 5, 2024 Gaza's Starving Children Need A 'Flood' Of Aid: UN The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to "flood" Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2024 UN sees ‘large number of gunshot wounds’ after Israel’s ‘flour massacre’ UN team, medics and rights monitor say evidence points to heavy shooting by Israeli forces after massacre near convoy.
France 24 · Mar 1, 2024 ‘Flour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others were injured on Thursday after Israeli troops opened fire on civilians gathered at a convoy of food trucks southwest of Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said. Israel denied it was to blame, saying that many victims were run over…