After 24 hours of fast-breaking and often contradictory actions by both Hamas and Israel’s government, a ceasefire in their catastrophic seven-month war still feels distant. Yet a flurry of diplomatic …
The suffering Sudan’s devastating conflict has inflicted on millions of people made a slight dent in global indifference last week as the one-year anniversary of its start came and went. …
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the …
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, his office said on Thursday, as a transitional council took power with the aim of returning stability to a country where gang violence …
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said its command post at Kalso military base, about 50 kilometres south of Baghdad, was hit by a huge explosion late on Friday, and two …
In the dozen years she’s worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she’s seen succumb to toxic, illicit …
The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand to halt the fighting in Gaza, calling for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a …
Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here’s what that means. Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern …
Famine is expected between now and May in the north of the Gaza Strip, a UN-backed report said on Monday, after more than five months of war that have shattered …
There’s plenty of food in Sudan’s most populous state, says Jill Lawler. People just can’t afford it. Lawler, chief of field operations and emergency for UNICEF in Sudan, has just …