Humanitarian organisations

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ban on Red Cross prison visits

FILE PHOTO: Red Cross personnel, escorted by Hamas militants, wait to head towards an area within the so-called \"yellow line\" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire, as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages seized during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Gaza City November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo

UN warns of ‘unprecedented’ gaps in global food aid amid funding cuts

A Somali child is screened for malnutrition at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Three steps to give peace a chance (and informal meals help, too)

Buffet lunches can defuse tensions in international negotiations.

Conflict created more internal displacement than disasters in 2025: Monitors

Palestinian children play at a tent camp in Khan Younis, Gaza, on May 9. At the end of 2025, 82.2 million people were living in internal displacement worldwide.

Iran crisis hampering aid to refugees as supply chain costs soar, UN warns

The UN routinely refers to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Sudan as the world’s largest.

Over 1.2 million people in Lebanon seen to face acute hunger due to war: Report

Displaced residents share a meal as they take shelter in a local school after fleeing their homes in southern Lebanon, following Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 29, 2026.

With ciggies in short supply, Gaza smokers turn to dried jute

A vendor rolls molokhia leaves, also known as jute mallow, normally used in cooking, into a cigarette at the tobacco market in Gaza City.

Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared trying to migrate in 2025: UN

Rohingya refugees stand in queue to receive ration from the World Food Program(WFP), at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, April 18, 2026.

Forced displacements to soar by 4.2 million by 2027, aid group warns

Girls displaced following Israeli evacuation orders ride a scooter at a makeshift encampment in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 15.

Aid groups use land routes to deliver humanitarian relief to Iran

Iranian authorities say more than 3,000 people have been killed in Iran during the war and the UN refugee agency says up to 3.2 million have been displaced.

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