News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 16 from 99)
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5.8 million Haitians, or roughlyâŻ52 per cent of the population, are facing crisis levels of food insecurity, or worse. Of those, more than 1.8 million are dealing with emergency levels, which means they are exhausting their last assets and unable to meet even basic food needs.
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In 2025, nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, making it the deadliest year on record in South and Southeast Asia, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Families in Haiti face impossible choices as violence surges and public services collapse, IRC finds
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"Millions of people continue to face a compounding crisis of food insecurity, forced displacement, deadly disease and surging violence. Public services in many areas have collapsed under gang rule."
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Armed groups attacked at least 587 schools, affecting over 285,500 children between March 2025 and February 2026, over three times the 172 schools (68,700 children) attacked in the preceding year.
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Amid reports of high-level talks later today between Israel and Lebanon, intense Israeli military strikes continued in southern Lebanese territory, including around the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbeil. Hezbollah rocket fire continued into northern Israel also. In other developments, the US military announced on Wednesday that it had prevented 10 ships from navigating through the Strait of Hormuz, in line with its blockade of Iranian ports. Meanwhile, the Iranian military reportedly pledged to extend disruption to shipping to the Red Sea. Stay with us for live updates on this and UN agencies. App users can follow coverage here.
Military escalation in the Middle East is reshaping the lives, rights and futures of women and girls
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Women and girls are disproportionately impacted due to entrenched gender discrimination that limits their access to resources, services and decision-making, exacerbating structural gender inequalities.
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Foreign ministers from across the world met in Berlin on Wednesday to show support for Sudan, where a fourth year of brutal warfare has begun as humanitarian needs deepen.
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Violence, hunger and displacement are pushing families to the brink. Support will cover food aid, safe drinking water, healthcare, emergency shelter, and specialized services for the most vulnerable.
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IOM warns that the scale and complexity of population movements, combined with environmental shocks and operational constraints, are placing significant pressure on humanitarian systems.
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Sudan remains the worldâ s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis, UN agencies and partners said on Tuesday, calling for an end to the war between rival militaries on the eve of the three-year mark.
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Yemen must not be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Security Council heard on Tuesday, stressing the need for de-escalation, political progress and urgent humanitarian funding for beleaguered civilians battered by years of grinding war.
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Years of human development gains across the region are under pressure as the impacts of the recent escalation ripple through economies and households, despite a temporary ceasefire.
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Analysis of figures from Sudanâs Ministry of Health shows that about 5.6 million babies were born between April 2023 and April 2026. Many of these children were born to displaced mothers.
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As Sudanâs war moves into a fourth year, civilians are still being killed, displaced and subjected to widespread sexual violence, the UNâs top humanitarian official in the country warned on Monday, calling for urgent action to stop the fighting and protect civilians.
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Families are skipping meals, cutting portions and eating leaves and animal feed, not normally considered edible, as conflict, displacement and market disruptions drive hunger to extreme levels.
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As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on Friday.
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Haiti is facing âone of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere,â a senior UN aid official warned on Friday, underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering there.
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While the ceasefire has formally held, Israeli strikes have continued to kill and injure civilians, destroy homes, and erode any sense of safety, says NRC's Jan Egeland.
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The scale and speed of destruction from the wave of airstrikes in Lebanon which began just hours after the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, has left the countryâs already strained health system struggling to cope, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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More than a million Sudanese refugees whoâve fled into neighbouring Chad risk losing out on essential food, shelter and other support due to funding cuts, as the war in their homeland approaches the three-year mark.
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Across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad, most families have fled with nothing, are now skipping meals, and have no income to survive, three years since the war erupted.
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The United Nations has strongly condemned airstrikes by the Israeli military across Lebanon on Wednesday which have resulted in significant casualties and destruction.âŻ
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At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the total killed over three years to over 1,010. The International Red Cross warned the Security Council on Wednesday that âwe are losing our humanity in war.â
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Estimates suggest that, of the more than one million people internally displaced due to the crisis, about 350,000 are children. Of these, over 45,000 children are living in collective shelters.
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The capital Dhaka, Coxâs Bazar - home to the worldâs largest refugee camp - and other dense urban slum areas are seeing particularly high caseloads, with infants under-nine months most affected.
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The UN is significantly scaling up its presence in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to expand life-saving operations as the conflict between rival militaries approaches its third year.
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The UN has issued an urgent call for international support as Cuba grapples with a âworseningâ humanitarian crisis fuelled by a prolonged energy blockade and the lingering devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last year.
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âThe scale of displacement is pushing the country to its limits,â said DG Pope. âWithout urgent international support, far too many people risk being left without the help they need."
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Deadly new strikes reported across the Middle East overnight and Thursday rattled energy markets and pushed crude oil prices up to $107 in early trading. Hopes dwindled of a quick end to the conflict as President Trump spoke of another "two to three weeks" of attacks, alongside "ongoing" discussions with Tehran. Civilians across the region continue to suffer misery and displacement. The UN chief told reporters at UN Headquarters the conflict âis already being felt everywhere,â and âthe spiral of destruction must stopâ. Follow live coverage from the Security Council here. App users can follow coverage here.
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The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres to issue a stark warning on Thursday morning that the world is âon the edge of a wider warâ with catastrophic global implications.