Famine in Gaza ‘imminent,’ UN-backed report says
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 …
Humanitarian aid
A third of children under 2 in north Gaza are now acutely malnourished, UN says
The main United Nations aid agency operating in Gaza said on Saturday that acute malnutrition is rising more quickly in the north of the enclave, as Israel prepared to send a …
Famine in Gaza ‘imminent’ unless Israel allows ‘roaring river’ of humanitarian aid: UN top official
With hardly any aid reaching north Gaza, people there had resorted to feeding their starving children with animal fodder and wild food, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …
U.S. military aid ship heads to Gaza after Biden promises to build pier
The U.S. Army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, days after President Joe Biden vowed to build a temporary pier to supply the besieged enclave. …
U.S. to build temporary dock to allow aid into Gaza from ships
President Joe Biden will announce in his State of the Union speech on Thursday that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid …
World Food Program suspends aid deliveries to northern Gaza as starvation fears worsen
The World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday it was forced to pause deliveries of food aid to isolated northern Gaza because of the “complete chaos and violence due to the …
Spring Is Coming, So Get Your Motorcycle License Now
Photo: Steve DaSilva/Jalopnik We’ve crossed the halfway mark through February, which means spring is just around the corner. With that warm weather comes bike riding season, though, and you don’t …
The world has turned its back on Sudan as catastrophic war rages on, says aid worker
As It Happens6:53The world has turned its back on Sudan as catastrophic war rages on, says aid worker Jan Egeland says the stories he’s heard from Sudanese war refugees have …
What’s in the $118B U.S. Senate deal to address migrant backlog at southern border?
Senators in Washington, D.C, have come out with a carefully negotiated $118 billion US compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border …
How the UN’s aid agency for Palestinians works — and why it’s under fire now
The federal government announced last week it was suspending “additional funding” for a UN agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza and employs about 13,000 people there, as well as another 17,000 …