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Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital
1 month ago

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. He said Israel will continue allowing trucks into Gaza but the U.N. and international organizations must step up aid distribution, and “the focus must also shift …

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Australia to push global leaders to pledge to protect aid workers after Zomi Frankcom's death in Gaza
3 months ago

Australia to push global leaders to pledge to protect aid workers after Zomi Frankcom's death in Gaza

ABC  

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use a United Nations summit to push for a new declaration for the protection of humanitarian personnel, galvanised by the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza earlier this year. The Australian was one of seven aid workers killed in the attack, which the Israeli military described as a "mistake that followed a …

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Israeli minister laments that 'nobody will let us' starve 2 million Gazans to death
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli minister laments that 'nobody will let us' starve 2 million Gazans to death

Raw Story  

Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday said that it might be "justified and moral" to cause two million Palestinian civilians to starve to death until Hamas returns Israeli hostages, drawing criticism from humanitarian groups. Human rights campaigners have demonstrated that Israel is limiting and delaying aid into the Gaza Strip, and even using starvation as a "weapon of war." …

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Nine Million People Have Fled. Up to 150,000 Are Dead. No One Is Talking About It.
6 months ago

Nine Million People Have Fled. Up to 150,000 Are Dead. No One Is Talking About It.

Slate  

In Sudan, a long-building crisis has turned a political dispute between two military generals into a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable scale. So while their primary concern might be to support their relatives within Sudan, or to help them leave Sudan, they’re Now, after a year of war, what’s happened is the Sudanese people who have been funding kitchens have begun …

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Hamas proposes peace deal with 'complete agreement' including hostages exchange deal if Israel stops war
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hamas proposes peace deal with 'complete agreement' including hostages exchange deal if Israel stops war

India TV News  

Hamas said they informed ceasefire talks mediators that they are ready to reach a "complete agreement" including a comprehensive hostages/prisoners exchange deal if Israel "stops its war and aggression against people in Gaza," a statement from the group said on Thursday. The major statement from the militant group came as the Israeli military has lifted a ban on the sale …

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US report finds possible Israeli violations of international law in Gaza
7 months, 1 week ago

US report finds possible Israeli violations of international law in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Report says that incomplete information from Israel made it difficult to assess specific cases of possible violations. A report from the administration of President Joe Biden has found that Israeli forces likely used United States-supplied weapons in a manner “inconsistent” with international law, but it stopped short of identifying violations that would put an end to the ongoing military aid. …

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World donors pledge more than €2 billion in aid for war-stricken Sudan
8 months, 1 week ago

World donors pledge more than €2 billion in aid for war-stricken Sudan

The Hindu  

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on April 15 that world donors are pledging more than €2 billion euros aid for Sudan after a year-long war that has pushed its population to the brink of famine. In a final statement, top diplomatic envoys, U.N. officials and aid agencies gathered at the conference also urged Sudan’s warring parties to stop rights violations …

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Senior U.K. jurists join calls to stop arms sales to Israel
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Senior U.K. jurists join calls to stop arms sales to Israel

The Hindu  

More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three U.K. aid workers in an Israeli strike. In an open letter to Mr. Sunak published late Wednesday, the lawyers and judges said the …

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Sir Alan Duncan: How can we still call Israel an ally?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sir Alan Duncan: How can we still call Israel an ally?

The Independent  

Challenging the right of Israel to exist, or failing to condemn antisemitism and the atrocity of 7 October, are all inexcusable – but the noise around any of these issues should not be allowed to disguise the appalling conduct of Israel itself. In all the months before Hamas slaughtered hundreds of innocent Israelis, there was hardly a squeak of condemnation …

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‘Heinous’: Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza aid seekers condemned
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Heinous’: Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza aid seekers condemned

Al Jazeera  

Leaders from Palestine and neighbouring countries speak out against the ‘massacre’ of more than 100 people seeking aid. The office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said an “ugly massacre conducted by the Israeli occupation army” had taken place, following reports on Thursday that Israeli forces opened fire on people receiving aid southwest of Gaza City. “We condemn the inhumane …

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UN resolution on Gaza aid criticised as ‘insufficient’, ‘meaningless’
1 year ago

UN resolution on Gaza aid criticised as ‘insufficient’, ‘meaningless’

Al Jazeera  

The US negotiated for days to weaken the language of the resolution to ensure there is no call for an immediate ceasefire. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a post on X that he hopes the resolution can improve the delivery of aid, “but a humanitarian ceasefire is the only way to begin to meet the desperate needs of people …

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Boycotts and protests – how are people around the world defying Israel?
1 year ago

Boycotts and protests – how are people around the world defying Israel?

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera takes a look at the movements against Israel and illegal settlements in Palestine. The movement seeks to challenge international support for what it calls Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism – where colonists replace the Indigenous community – and uphold the principle that “Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.” Inspired by the South …

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Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder
1 year ago

Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder

NPR  

Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder Enlarge this image toggle caption Fatima Shbair/AP Fatima Shbair/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — International aid groups are periodically called upon to provide food, water, medicine and other vital supplies to people caught in war zones. "This is very different than any other conflict or war …

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Taliban benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs, says U.S. watchdog
1 year, 1 month ago

Taliban benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs, says U.S. watchdog

The Hindu  

The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan has warned that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental organisations. A report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said it found that the Taliban benefit from American-funded education programming through the generation of tax revenues and from more “nefarious” methods like …

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A US watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs
1 year, 2 months ago

A US watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan has warned that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental organizations. A report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said it found that the Taliban benefit from American-funded education programming through the generation of tax revenues and from more …

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Russian airstrike on school during aid distribution a war crime, says Governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
1 year, 5 months ago

Russian airstrike on school during aid distribution a war crime, says Governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia

The Hindu  

A Russian airstrike on a school in southern Ukraine killed four adults as people gathered to receive humanitarian aid, the Governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region said on July 10, branding the incident "a war crime”. Three women and a man, all in their 40s, died in the July 9 attack in the town of Orikhiv, Governor Yuriy Malashko said. Russia …

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UN inquiry commission: Quake aid was slow to reach Syria
1 year, 9 months ago

UN inquiry commission: Quake aid was slow to reach Syria

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The international community and the Syrian government did not act quickly enough last month to help people in need in the rebel-held northwest after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and conflict-ravaged Syria, a U.N.-backed commission said Monday. “Since the earthquake, we have seen many acts to help victims by the Syrians themselves,” commission member Paulo Pinheiro said during …

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Turkey’s ‘aid diplomacy’ reverberates in global quake response
1 year, 10 months ago

Turkey’s ‘aid diplomacy’ reverberates in global quake response

Al Jazeera  

Analysts say the ruling AK Party has for years built influence and global clout with humanitarian-heavy foreign policy. The United Nations resident coordinator in Turkey, Alvaro Rodriguez, pointed to the country’s years-long hosting of about 3.7 million Syrian refugees – which has given the country the world’s largest refugee population amid Syria’s continuing war – as well as aid “Turkey …

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Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing
1 year, 10 months ago

Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing

Al Jazeera  

Eleven trucks carrying humanitarian assistance passed from Turkey to northwestern Syria through the Bab al-Salam crossing, UN says. Another 26 inter-agency trucks went through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, until now the only entry point for UN humanitarian aid to directly reach people in opposition-held northwestern Syria. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the scale of the devastation caused by the …

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Latvia urges Western allies to step up military aid for Ukraine
1 year, 11 months ago

Latvia urges Western allies to step up military aid for Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Latvian President Egils Levits has urged Western countries to step up military support for Ukraine in order to prepare the war-torn country to respond to a potential new Russian offensive from next month. The call comes days before Western defence officials are due to take part in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in …

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Humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan deepens after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers
1 year, 11 months ago

Humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan deepens after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers

LA Times  

An Afghan woman and her 11-month-old daughter receive nutrition advice from a worker with the charity Save the Children. “The women still had blood on them,” said Samira Sayed-Rahman of the aid agency International Rescue Committee. “That’s not just the situation in emergencies; in many parts of the country, women don’t go out to get aid.” It’s an example, Sayed-Rahman …

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Pakistan floods: Government appeals for urgent aid from international community; death toll climbs to 1,265
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods: Government appeals for urgent aid from international community; death toll climbs to 1,265

Firstpost  

Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that have killed at least 1,265 people since 14 June. UN chief Antonio Guterres will arrive in Pakistan on 9 September for a solidarity visit and inspect flood-hit regions, after a USD 160 million emergency plan Islamabad: Pakistan made a desperate plea to the international community on Saturday to …

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Second Opinion: Ukrainian humanitarian aid
2 years, 3 months ago

Second Opinion: Ukrainian humanitarian aid

LA Times  

Alexander Lebediev, center, and other Red Cross workers deliver supplies to residents who had been cut off from humanitarian aid and were hiding in shelters on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 27. As the new aid economy gathers pace, international aid agencies are scrambling to partner with Ukrainian groups. Donors and international aid agencies have long wrestled with …

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Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades

Associated Press  

GAYAN, Afghanistan — A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 people. In a rare move, the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzadah, who almost never appears in public, pleaded with the international community and humanitarian organizations “to help the Afghan people affected by this great …

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