World Nov 28 Hamas and Israel exchange more hostages for prisoners on 5th day of fragile cease-fire Hamas released 12 hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on the fifth day of a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza war that mediators hope to extend even as Israel has pledged to resume its offensive.
World Nov 17 U.N. stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza amid communications blackout The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel.
World Nov 14 Israeli military says its forces have entered Gaza hospital in a ‘precise and targeted operation’ Israeli authorities claim the militant group conceals military operations in the facility. But with hundreds of patients and medical personnel inside, it has refrained from entering.
World Nov 08 Allies call on Israel to allow ‘unimpeded’ aid delivery, ‘humanitarian pauses’ in fighting Thousands of Palestinians are streaming out of northern Gaza on foot because of dwindling food and water and increased fighting in urban areas.
Politics Nov 01 Israeli airstrikes flatten apartments in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, Israel says attack targeted Hamas A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City, and footage showed rescuers pulling men, women and children out of the rubble.
World Oct 30 Fears increase over airstrikes near crowded hospitals as Israel expands ground assault into Gaza Israeli troops and tanks are pushing deeper into Gaza, advancing on two sides of the territory's main city. Meanwhile, the U.N. and medical staff warned that airstrikes have hit closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought…
World Oct 25 UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli airstrikes continue The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip.
World May 25 1.1 million Afghan children under 5 could face severe malnutrition this year, U.N. says The United Nations says that in Afghanistan, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 will likely face the most severe form of malnutrition this year as increasing numbers of hungry, wasting-away children flow into hospital wards.
World Dec 07 After Taliban takeover, desperation drives thousands of Afghans a day across borders Since the Taliban takeover in mid-August, Afghanistan’s economic collapse has accelerated, robbing millions of work and leaving them too poor to feed their families.
World Dec 02 Aid official says Afghanistan’s crises ‘progressively getting worse’ United Nations figures from early November show almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60 percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger. That includes nearly 9 million people who live in near-famine.