Displaced West Bank Palestinians face growing hunger after UN cuts food aid
Already struggling after losing homes to Israeli military operations, Palestinians face hardship as WFP halves aid.
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Already struggling after losing homes to Israeli military operations, Palestinians face hardship as WFP halves aid.
Drinking water has been scarce for over a decade in Taiz, but the problem has reached crisis levels in recent weeks as Iran-backed Houthi rebels besiege Yemen’s third-largest city in their escalating conflict with government forces. The needs of Taiz’s more than 1 million residents are now barely being met, humanitarian groups say, as access to wells is limited, desalination plants run low on fuel and water delivery trucks are largely prevented from entering the city. Families are rationing...
Dialysis patients face shorter treatment sessions as severe shortages of fuel, medicines, and oxygen threaten hospitals.
Palestinians in Gaza face worsening humanitarian conditions as the United Nations had to slash food assistance due to funding shortages, deepening food insecurity for thousands of families who rely on aid to survive.
The World Food Programme says it is forced to cut aid for thousands in the enclave.
Doctors who volunteered in Gaza have described working during Israel’s genocidal war on the strip.
Clashes between Yemeni forces and Houthis cause casualties on both sides as aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis.
Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and the internationally recognised government is deepening the humanitarian crisis.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Israel to halt and reverse West Bank settlement expansion and called for an immediate easing of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in a meeting with Israel’s president on Thursday. “The imperative priority is to fully open access routes into Gaza. Two million civilians must not be left to struggle on the brink of survival, nor can this humanitarian catastrophe be allowed to spread,” Wang said, according to a statement released by China’s foreign ministry on...
Mali is facing mounting humanitarian pressure, with hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety inside its borders. As of September 30, 2026, the country was hosting 322,584 refugees and asylum seekers, alongside 414,524 internally displaced people.
The envoy lauds the progress in diplomatic efforts despite the worsening security and humanitarian situation.
Thousands of Ethiopian migrants are facing a humanitarian crisis in Djibouti, with food and water running dangerously low along the treacherous route to Yemen.
UN says fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people in five weeks.
Trapped and facing starvation, residents of the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine risk their lives to travel for hours by foot and bicycle along mine-strewn roads to get food and water. The town near the Ukrainian city of Kherson on the war's southern front has been under Russian control since 2022. Since May, food deliveries have dried up, and now former residents and Ukrainian refugees are trying to sound the alarm.
It is further intensifying the country's humanitarian crisis with more than 5 million people already internally displaced following years of conflict.
Civilian displacement surges as key Yemen roads close, leaving thousands in camps amid dire humanitarian challenges.
Google Maps has updated its satellite imagery of the territory for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly three years ago. The images show vast areas reduced to rubble, highlighting the extent of the devastation caused by the conflict. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire, with Israeli strikes continuing across the territory.
Fighting in the north of Ethiopia continued to rage over the weekend, as rebels of the Tigray People's Liberation Front moved beyond Tigray. Human Rights Watch warned against a possible humanitarian crisis in an already troubled region.