Congo's president calls for massive military mobilization to fight rebels
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said on Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...
Hamas announces names of hostages to be released Saturday
Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thai nationals, on Thursday. Later in the day, Israel ...
Freed Brit hostage Emily Damari tells Keir Starmer she was held at UNRWA facilities and denied medical treatment despite having lost two fingers - as Israeli ban on reli…
Emily spent 15 nightmare months in Gaza after she was snatched from her home in southern Israel during Hamas' incursion in ...
UNRWA carries on aid work despite Israeli ban, hostilities
The U.N. Palestinian relief agency said its humanitarian work across the occupied territories and Gaza was still ongoing on ...
For Millions of Children in Food Crises, a Heightened Risk of Lifelong Damage
Hovering over any analysis of the long-term repercussions of famine for children are legions of ghosts: the thousands, ...
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DR Congo crisis not just regional concern, ‘but global responsibility,’ says UN official
The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “not just a regional concern but a global responsibility ...
A generation at risk: Food crises in Gaza and elsewhere put millions of children in danger of lifelong harm
A surge in the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip since the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Jan. 19 is likely to ...
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WFP: Anticipatory action mitigated disaster impact in 2024, but funding gaps persist
According to the WFP press release, anticipatory action—measures taken before disasters strike—was increasingly integrated into Bangladesh's disaster management framework in 2024. The Standing Orders ...
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UN food warehouse in DRC’s Goma looted — WFP
According to Cynthia Jones, nearly 800,000 people in Goma are in need for food and the WFP resumes its operation in the east of the DRC, which was suspended after the M23 units attacked the city ...
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Afghan migrant suspected of terrorism arrested in US’s San Diego
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Thursday it had arrested an Afghan national in San Diego, California, ...
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DRC conflict: WFP says warehouses in Goma looted
JOHANNESBURG -The World Food Programme (WFP) says several of its warehouses in Goma have been looted recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The M23 rebel group has been in combat with the ...
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War in Congo’s east puts millions at risk of infectious disease
The fighting is complicating contact tracing, infection prevention and food access, all of which increase the risk of disease ...