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Iran says nuclear facilities have been targeted after Israel says attacks 'will escalate and expand'Iran's nuclear facilities were attacked following Israeli threats, with reports of strikes on a heavy-water plant and yellowcake production...
In Sudan's war, grassroots network steps in where authorities failSudanese volunteers, known as Emergency Response Rooms (ERR), risk death and arrest daily to aid a starving population amidst a brutal war....
UK pledges $27 million in latest aid package for GazaBritain announced a £20 million aid package for water, sanitation, and hygiene in Gaza, delivered via UNICEF, WFP, and the Norwegian Refuge...
Trump says many are starving in Gaza, vows to set up food centresAmidst a dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, President Trump acknowledges widespread starvation, contradicting Prime Minister Netanyahu's cla...
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials sayIsrael has approved a plan to capture the entire Gaza Strip. The decision came after an early morning vote by Israeli cabinet ministers. Th...
US funding freeze is 'bombshell' for world aid sectorUS President Donald Trump has ordered the suspension of most foreign aid, leading to immediate halts in NGO operations and potential job lo...
Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza cityThe Israeli military confirmed its forces are operating in central Rafah as part of their ongoing offensive in southern Gaza. Since the gro...
Alarm raised as 'apocalyptic' conditions grip GazaInternational aid organizations have raised alarm over the dire situation in Gaza following more than two months of conflict between Israel...
3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar womenSave the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE, said they cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in ...
Civilian casualties halved since Yemen truceThe Yemen conflict pits the internationally recognised government, supported by a Saudi-led military coalition, against Iran-backed Huthi r...
Taliban break promise on higher education for Afghan girlsTaliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools Wednesday to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to...
Europeans hoard food in panic amid conflict in UkraineIn northern Italy, residents are stockpiling pasta en masse, pharmacies in Norway are out of iodine due to security concerns over the Ukrai...
Aid groups: Millions in Syria, Iraq losing access to waterThe two neighbouring countries, both battered by years of conflict and mismanagement, are in need of rapid action to combat severe water sh...
Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict
Over 660,000 displaced during pandemic despite UN plea: Aid groupThe Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said its figures showed that armed conflict around the world had continued during the pandemic, even as...
Calamities displace 23 lakh every year in IndiaIndia ranks the highest among the world’s most disaster-prone countries for displacement of residents, with 23 lakh, on average, uprooted d...
Nearly 2.4 million people internally displaced in India: ReportInternal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council released a new report which ranked India third among countries mo...
India among top nations with disaster-related displacements: ReportIndia was third after the Philippines and China, in absolute numbers last year, for displacements due to disasters both weather and hazard-...
Nearly 3.5 lakh internally displaced people in Assam: NGOAccording to the NRC, a record of 38 million people were internally displaced worldwide in 2014 as 30,000 people fled their homes each day ...
Over 2 million displaced in India due to natural disasters in 2013China, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and the US had the highest numbers of people displaced by rapid onset disaster...