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Turkey arrests European activists probing prison conditions

International aid convoy to arrive in Cuba in March: Organisers

A man pushes his cart past an empty gas station in Havana on Feb 19.
A man pushes his cart past an empty gas station in Havana on Feb 19.

Doctors Without Borders will keep operating in Gaza ‘as long as we can’: Mission head

In early February, Israel announced it was terminating all the activities in Gaza by the medical charity Doctors Without Borders.
In early February, Israel announced it was terminating all the activities in Gaza by the medical charity Doctors Without Borders.

UN hopes AI tech can aid the starving as funding collapses

Drought in Kenya is creating food insecurity and water scarcity, highlighting an urgent need for more aid.
Drought in Kenya is creating food insecurity and water scarcity, highlighting an urgent need for more aid.

UN says Israeli actions raising ‘ethnic cleansing’ fears in West Bank and Gaza

Palestinian children sit atop the rubble of a mosque destroyed during the two-year Israeli offensives, in Gaza City on Feb 11.
Palestinian children sit atop the rubble of a mosque destroyed during the two-year Israeli offensives, in Gaza City on Feb 11.

Afghanistan aid system severely strained as 5 million people return, UN warns

Villagers living in tents in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in December 2025.
Villagers living in tents in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in December 2025.

WHO says first five patients evacuated via Gaza’s Rafah crossing

A Palestinian man waves from a window as war-wounded people and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026.
A Palestinian man waves from a window as war-wounded people and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026.

WHO appeals for $1.27b for world’s worst health crises in 2026

The World Health Organization estimates that 239 million people would need urgent humanitarian assistance in 2026
The World Health Organization estimates that 239 million people would need urgent humanitarian assistance in 2026

WHO chief says turmoil following US exit creates chance for reset

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says 2025 was “one of the most difficult years” for the WHO.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says 2025 was “one of the most difficult years” for the WHO.

Israel to terminate Doctors Without Borders work in Gaza for not providing Palestinian staff list

A Palestinian boy walks past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City.
A Palestinian boy walks past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.