LOCATED along the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines is among the world's most disaster-prone countries. In 2024 alone, 13 typhoons hit the country, with four classified as super typhoons.

The European Union has “an opportunity” to achieve the unimpeded flow of urgent humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. To this end, he added, Cyprus ...

Older people overlooked in post-conflict and recovery efforts More than six months after the 2024 cross-border escalation ...

At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch from controversial new aid hubs in ...

The Gaza Strip teeters on the brink of full-scale famine, exacerbated by Israel’s prolonged blockade and destruction of local ...

Volker Türk reiterated that the “wilful” impeding of access to life-saving humanitarian aid may constitute war crimes and breaches of international law under the 1949 Geneva Conventions. He also ...

Children in Gaza account for 23 percent of amputations and 26 percent of spinal cord injuries, according to the UN.

At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch from controversial new aid hubs in ...

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, its humanitarian operations are increasingly in doubt as its top donor — ...

Experts, witnesses, and NGOs question the figures regarding the militarized and ‘undignified’ operation, backed by Israel and the US ...

The distribution of aid from a controversial new US- and Israel-backed organization into Gaza was paused for 24 hours on Wednesday after Palestinians en route to a distribution site came under ...