News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 95)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the plight of Afghans has only deteriorated, with millions impoverished while authorities violate basic human rights daily.
ReliefWeb News
As needs for family tracing and reunification grow, a rapid assessment by the National Child Rights Council and child protection experts, found 1,233 children living in holding centres as of 4 September.
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Civilians accounted for a staggering 87% of recorded casualties, including 34 children, with new victims recorded across Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Syria and Ukraine and Myanmar.
ReliefWeb News
Aligned with the flash appeal launched by the UN and partners, IOM's response focuses on strengthening displacement tracking and site coordination, while scaling up shelter, health and protection aid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In war-torn Gaza, a growing number of women-headed households face āimpossible decisionsā every day, amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes and still-scarce resources, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Ebola sweeps across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ensuring families meet their basic food needs is crucial to halt the spread of the deadly disease.
ReliefWeb News
"Many of these are people who have already been displaced once, twice, even four times before. Every time fighting flares up, they lose whatever little they had managed to rebuild," said IOM.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN and its humanitarian partners launched a $49.6 million flash appeal on Friday to deliver emergency assistance to more than 84,000 people affected by last weekās catastrophic floods in Nepal.
ReliefWeb News
This appeal is the humanitarian community's offer to fill gaps in shelter, food, water, health, nutrition and protection, in support of the Government's response and alongside the people of Nepal.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than a week after flash floods struck the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river basin in Nepal, at least 22,000 children urgently need safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene support, the United Nations Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Peacekeepers in Lebanon have reported a marked deterioration in the security situation along the Blue Line of separation, with Israeli forces intensifying their military footprint in violation of a landmark Security Council resolution, UN Spokesperson StƩphane Dujarric said on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
"The race now is between rising risks and our commitment to take climate action and protect people. We must win that race,ā said UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two truckloads of food aid destined for hungry families in South Kordofan state, Sudan, were destroyed in an aerial attack over the weekend, the World Food Progamme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Fighting between the United States and Iran has sharply escalated after a month-long lull, with the two sides exchanging strikes as fears grow over further civilian casualties.
ReliefWeb News
The crisis for children in Lebanon is far from over, despite a "ceasefire", with 348,800 people displaced across Lebanon and uncertainty over whether they can return home and about their futures.
ReliefWeb News
More than 162 million children live in areas exposed to the impact of the strengthening 2026/2027 El NiƱo, UNICEF warned. Forecasts provide a narrow but critical window to act.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As rescue efforts continue in Nepal, humanitarians are focused on how the recent deadly flash floods have impacted women and girls, as well as access to healthcare.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Lack of funding has forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash aid to families in the West Bank by half even though needs have more than doubled over the past two years.
ReliefWeb News
As international medics complete their scheduled deployments, the countryās health, protection and water and sanitation systems are not yet ready to absorb the resulting gap.
ReliefWeb News
An estimated 900,000 people are food insecure in the West Bank. WFPās assistance has been reaching 400,000 of the most vulnerable people, but this will be scaled back to 200,000 starting this month.
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Women survivors are running out of food, safe water is increasingly inaccessible, protection risks are growing and women risk being excluded from decisions that will shape the response and recovery.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The confirmed death toll from Nepalās catastrophic floods has surged to 903, with more than 4,200 still missing as rescue crews and humanitarian workers battle blocked highways to reach the hardest-hit areas, UN Spokesperson StĆ©phane Dujarric said on Monday.
ReliefWeb News
Close contact in classrooms and dormitories could present new challenges for Ebola containment efforts. IRC is working to keep students safe, reduce transmission risk and strengthen prevention efforts.
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According to the preliminary findings by the National Nutrition SMART Survey, the prevalence of acute malnutrition in children in Haiti has increased from 5.1 to 7.4 per cent from 2023 to 2026.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The impact of the deadly flood in Nepal has been described as āimmenseā as the authorities there confirm that 538 bodies have been recovered from the disaster-stricken area.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Since the beginning of Russiaās full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 3,205 attacks on healthcare facilities have been carried out, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Ukraine Jarno Habicht reported on Friday following fresh overnight strikes.
ReliefWeb News
This year, MSF teams at Al-Salam Hospital admitted 1,296 children with severe acute malnutrition and medical complications, compared with 798 during the same period in 2025 ā a 62 per cent increase.
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At least 17,000 children have been impacted by the devastating flash floods that tore through Nepal's Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts on 26 August. So far, an estimated 332 people have died.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As hunger deepens across Gaza, humanitarian agencies continue to deliver food and other essential supplies to families in need.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The seizure of a vocational training centre in occupied East Jerusalem has left hundreds of Palestinian young people without access to skills and training that could help shape their futures.