Middle East
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Gaza: 100 per cent of basic food needs met for first time since 2023
For the first time since 2023, humanitarian assistance will provide Gazans with enough food to fulfil minimum nutritional needs. “The…
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Yemen aid response buckling under funding cuts as needs keep rising
Yemen’s already fragile humanitarian response is being pushed to breaking point by deep funding shortfalls, the UN warned in an…
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Gaza aid lifelines under strain as winter worsens
Humanitarian partners in the Gaza Strip are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people as winter storms batter…
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Drop draft proposals on death penalty for Palestinians, UN rights chief urges Israel
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday called on Israeli authorities to abandon plans for new legislation that would…
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New year dawns amid rubble and resolve in Gaza
As 2026 begins, residents of the Gaza Strip are confronting life in displacement camps and among the ruins of destroyed…
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Syria’s humanitarian needs remain high despite reduced violence, UN warns
Humanitarian needs in Syria remain immense despite a year of reduced violence and political change, with millions still displaced, basic…
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Aid agencies warn Gaza response at breaking point as Israel urged to lift new restrictions
Humanitarian agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have warned that life-saving aid operations risk collapse unless Israel immediately…
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Yemen on the brink: Guterres urges restraint, calls for release of UN detainees
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Yemen’s leaders to return to the path of peace and release all UN personnel…
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Gaza ceasefire still fragile as cold turns deadly, Security Council hears
The ceasefire in Gaza remains fragile, while humanitarians continue to face obstructions in delivering aid to the people, a senior UN official…
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New demolition order for West Bank camp is ‘more devastating news’
Israel has issued new demolition orders for the Nur Shams camp in the north of the occupied West Bank effective…
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