Gaza crisis deepens with evacuations, food and water shortages

Gaza crisis deepens with evacuations, food and water shortages

Comment on this storyComment KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip faced impossible choices Sunday as thousands of residents fled an Israeli evacuation warning in the north, while others remained at home or sheltered inside hospitals, either unable or too fearful to move as Israel pummeled neighborhoods and…

Poland votes in most pivotal election since fall of the Berlin Wall

Poland votes in most pivotal election since fall of the Berlin Wall

Comment on this storyComment Poles are voting Sunday in their most pivotal election since the fall of the Berlin Wall, with stark consequences for the future of Polish democracy, European unity and the West’s effort to confront Russian aggression. The highly charged campaign included some of the largest rallies on…

UN relief chiefs urges end to ‘humanitarian nightmare’ in Sudan — Global Issues

UN relief chiefs urges end to ‘humanitarian nightmare’ in Sudan — Global Issues

Up to 9,000 people have been reportedly killed, more than 5.6 million driven from their homes and 25 million people need aid, because of the conflict that erupted in mid-April between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other armed groups. In a statement marking…

UN relief chiefs urges end to ‘humanitarian nightmare’ in Sudan — Global Issues

Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss’ UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis — Global Issues

The UN chief’s appeal comes as clean water and other vital supplies are dwindling inside Gaza in the wake of Israel’s blockade. UN and other humanitarian agencies have worked round the clock to preposition aid since the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out following the militant group’s 7…

Israel-Gaza war live updates: Gaza residents flee the north as ground invasion looms; Rafah border closed

Israel-Gaza war live updates: Gaza residents flee the north as ground invasion looms; Rafah border closed

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Gaza are fleeing in buses, cars and on foot, crowding onto narrow roads leading south after Israel’s evacuation warning. The Israeli military said it is preparing a “wide range” of offensive plans “for the next stages of the war, with an emphasis on…

UN relief chiefs urges end to ‘humanitarian nightmare’ in Sudan — Global Issues

Forcing patients to flee hospitals a ‘death sentence’ warns WHO — Global Issues

The statement came as the Israeli-imposed deadline for some 1.1 million civilians to leave the northern part of the enclave, ahead of what is expected to be a major advance into Gaza by Israeli ground forces, expired. “UNRWA shelters in Gaza and northern Gaza are no longer safe. This is…

‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia — Global Issues

‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia — Global Issues

Some 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since the end of September and many have received support from the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Here are some of their stories. © IOM/Joe Lowry Ophelia Aghajanyan Ophelia Aghajanyan: We are pensioners. My husband, who used to be a soldier, is…