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Large areas of Gaza already likely experiencing famine, says U.N. food agency
Mar 18, 2024 (UPI)
With the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification scale showing between 677,000 and 1.1 million people, half the population, experiencing catastrophic food...
Germany can't sit by and watch Gaza starve, Scholz tells Netanyahu
Mar 17, 2024 (UPI)
"We cannot stand by and risk Palestinian women and men starving. Much more humanitarian aid must reach Gaza, a way must be found to improve the means of distrib...
NATO chief says climate change undermines global security
Mar 17, 2024 (AFP)
He made the remarks during a press conference in Baku along with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose energy-rich country is set to host the COP29 UN Clima...
'Open Arms' charity vessel carrying 200 tons of food arrives on Gaza coast
Mar 15, 2024 (UPI)
World Central Kitchen, the U.S. nonprofit that provided the food said it was unloading the aid after arriving. "This is our international effort to bring as muc...
Israel says 'Palestinians', not army, fired on Gaza crowd
Mar 15, 2024 (AFP)
"Armed Palestinians opened fire while Gazan civilians were awaiting the arrival of the aid convoy" in Gaza City on Thursday and then "continued to shoot as the ...
Japan suspends Fukushima water release after quake as precaution
Mar 15, 2024 (AFP)
A 5.8-magnitude jolt struck off the coast of the northeastern Fukushima region, home to the plant wrecked by a tsunami in 2011, at 00:14 am Friday (1514 GMT Thu...
U.S. continues to airdrop aid into Gaza
Mar 14, 2024 (UPI)
Jordan provided the food and the U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft delivered the 13,900 meal equivalents to the area just before noon. It was the 10th time U.S. for...
U.S. deploys Marines anti-terrorism team to Haiti to secure embassy amid gang violence
Mar 13, 2024 (UPI)
A Marine Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team, or FAST, unit is currently on the ground in Port-au-Prince, according to a statement Wednesday from U.S. Southern C...
Charity ship carrying 200 tons of aid departs Cyprus for Gaza
Mar 12, 2024 (UPI)
The Open Arms, a 120-foot Spanish-registered salvage/rescue vessel "loaded with food for Palestinian families on the brink of famine," set sail via a new Cyprus...
Bernie Sanders leads Democrats in call for Joe Biden to ensure aid reaches Gaza
Mar 12, 2024 (UPI)
"The severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza is nearly unprecedented in modern history," began a letter sent out and signed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-...
Gazans pray in mosque rubble on first day of Ramadan
Mar 11, 2024 (AFP)
Standing in rows before a prayer leader with their hands folded, the Palestinian men were entering a fasting month unlike any they had experienced before. Many ...
Up to 60 days for US to establish Gaza port, Pentagon says
Mar 08, 2024 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden announced the plan the previous night during his State of the Union address, in which he pleaded with Israel to let more assistance into ...
Biden to announce military mission to build temporary port in Gaza to boost aid
Mar 07, 2024 (UPI)
ABC News, The Hill and Politico reported that senior administration officials briefed media outlets Thursday ahead of Biden's address. One official said the por...
New York to deploy state troops, police on subway
Mar 06, 2024 (AFP)
In recent months there have been a number of deadly shootings, as well as incidents involving knives and passengers being pushed onto the tracks. New York state...
Jordanian Armed Forces assist U.S. in making another airdrop of aid in Gaza
Mar 05, 2024 (UPI)
A "combined humanitarian assistance airdrop" by the United States and Jordan took place at about 2:30 p.m. local time in northern Gaza, which provided "essentia...
Yemen faces 'environmental disaster' as sunken ship threatens Red Sea
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Leaking fuel and the chemical pollutant could harm marine life, including coral reefs, and impact coastal communities that rely on fishing for their livelihoods...
'Who will call me mother?': Gazan woman mourns twin babies killed in strike
Mar 03, 2024 (AFP)
The Palestinian woman said she had gone through multiple rounds of fertility treatment to achieve her dream of becoming a mother, only to have it taken away by ...
U.S. will begin aid airdrops into Gaza soon, President Joe Biden says
Mar 01, 2024 (UPI)
Biden confirmed the latest development during a White House meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. "Aid flowing into Gaza is nowhere nearly enough ...
'Last resort': Donors hope to offer Gaza lifeline with air drops
Mar 01, 2024 (AFP)
The amount of aid brought into the territory by truck has plummeted during nearly five months of war, and Gazans are facing dire shortages of food, water and me...
Faulty warnings, deforestation turned Philippine rains 'deadly': study
Mar 01, 2024 (AFP)
More than 100 people were killed in landslides and floods in January and February on the country's second-largest island of Mindanao as the northeast monsoon an...
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