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More than 650,000 Gazans are at risk of running out of water amid the territory’s siege by the Israeli military, the United Nations humanitarian office said early Thursday. The escalating war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has resulted in a complete blockade of the territory, preventing energy, food, water and medical supplies from relieving…

So far, a small number of the world’s billionaires have publicly stepped up with donations to humanitarian groups working in Israel.

Justice for Myanmar spoke out against a conference of regional air force chiefs to be held in Naypyidaw between 12 and 15 September, while fighting rages between the regular military army and resistance forces in much of the country. The number of civilian casualties has topped 4,000. While the need for humanitarian assistance mounts, the military regime is restricting NGO aid.

The Nigerian government has said the evacuation of Nigerians in war-ravaged Sudan is not possible at the moment. Over 4000 trapped Nigerians in the ongoing crisis in Sudan have been begging to be evacuated. Also, over 300 people have been killed since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into the country.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of Haiti's ...

The United States announced Friday it is revoking the designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group effective Feb. 16, a reversal by the Biden administration welcomed by the United Nations and humanitarian groups who feared former president Donald Trump's actions would impede aid deliveries to the conflict-torn country facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind the de...