Humanitarian organisations

Rescuers comb Venezuela quake rubble for survivors; thousands still missing

Volunteers comb through the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira state, some 40km north-east of Venezuela’s capital Caracas.

Russian strike kills two mine disposal experts in Ukraine, says official

Employees of the HALO Trust (Hazardous Area Life-support Organization), a humanitarian non-government organisation which primarily works to clear landmines and other explosive devices use metal detectors to search for mines and unexploded ordnance left behind after Russia occupied the area, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the village of Myrotske in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

UN renews Afghan mission for one year

The UN mission in Afghanistan dates back to 2022 and has played a role in coordinating humanitarian aid and political dialogue.

Global aid funding cuts drive sharp drop in HIV prevention, says UNAIDS

Funding for life-saving medication against HIV like Gilead Sciences’ Yeztugo injection has been sinking.

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.

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