Nearly 90,000 escape Myanmar as humanitarian crisis looms
Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of thousands
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Mosul food, water reserves dwindle as fighting cuts off supplies
The United Nations issued a fresh warning on Wednesday about the humanitarian situation in eastern Mosul where the US-backed Iraqi army is locked in heavy
Fear spreads as child suicide bombings surge in West Africa
By Katy Migiro Boko Haram child suicide bombings have surged 11-fold in West Africa over the last year, with children as young as 8, mostly
“Cessation of hostilities” in Syria lets Russia keep bombing
By John Irish and Warren Strobel Major powers agreed on Friday to a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria to begin in a week, doing nothing
Iraq needs $1.56 bln in 2016 for humanitarian response to Islamic State
Iraq needs $1.56 billion this year to finance its emergency response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war against Islamic State, according to a
House passes ‘respect for Greece’ resolution
The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution calling on the European Union to respect the sovereignty of the Greek people ahead of a crunch
Cholera hits 3,000 Burundi refugees in Tanzania
By Stephanie Nebehay and Goran Tomasevic About 3,000 refugees fleeing political turmoil in Burundi have been infected in a cholera epidemic in neighbouring Tanzania, the
World utterly failing Syria after 4 years of conflict
By Joseph D’Urso The world is “not even close to grasping the magnitude” of the humanitarian crisis in Syria, a top aid official said ahead
Greek government to tackle “humanitarian crisis” in first parliamentary bill
By Renee Maltezou Greece’s government submitted a bill to offer free food and electricity to thousands of poverty-stricken Greeks as its first legislative act in
Thousands flee Niger town after Boko Haram attacks (Update 2)
By Abdoulaye Massalaki Thousands of civilians fled their homes in the southeastern Niger town of Diffa this week, officials said on Thursday, following waves of
No sign of help for Philippines from China’s hospital ship
By Greg Torode While the navies of the United States and its allies rushed to the aid of the typhoon-hit Philippines, a state-of-the-art Chinese hospital