Health

Middle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadside thumbnail
Health

Middle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadside

Middle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadside “There’s 11,600 pregnant women who are affected, 4,000 are anticipated to...

UN chief launches major humanitarian appeal from war-torn Lebanon thumbnail
Health

UN chief launches major humanitarian appeal from war-torn Lebanon

UN chief launches major humanitarian appeal from war-torn Lebanon 13 March 2026 Humanitarian Aid In a solidarity visit to the war-ravaged capital of...

World News in Brief: Attacks on synagogues, Syria’s continuing rights violations, shocking abuse of women during childbirth thumbnail
Health

World News in Brief: Attacks on synagogues, Syria’s continuing rights violations, shocking abuse of women during childbirth

World News in Brief: Attacks on synagogues, Syria’s continuing rights violations, shocking abuse of women during childbirth In Belgium, a powerful explosion on...

‘Perfect storm’: Lebanon crisis deepens as civilians bear the brunt thumbnail
Health

‘Perfect storm’: Lebanon crisis deepens as civilians bear the brunt

‘Perfect storm’: Lebanon crisis deepens as civilians bear the brunt The current escalation began on 2 March, when outgoing fire by Hezbollah drew...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 12 March: Shipping attacks, rising oil prices and widening humanitarian crisis thumbnail
Health

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 12 March: Shipping attacks, rising oil prices and widening humanitarian crisis

Global perspective Human stories Smoke and dust rises in the aftermath of airstrikes in a southern suburb of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon....

Russia deportation of Ukraine children is crime against humanity: independent probe thumbnail
Health

Russia deportation of Ukraine children is crime against humanity: independent probe

Russia deportation of Ukraine children is crime against humanity: independent probe Members of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, an independent probe into...

With Middle East ‘pushed to breaking point’, UN chief urges ceasefire, return to diplomacy thumbnail
Health

With Middle East ‘pushed to breaking point’, UN chief urges ceasefire, return to diplomacy

With Middle East ‘pushed to breaking point’, UN chief urges ceasefire, return to diplomacy 12 March 2026 Peace and Security The UN chief...

World News in Brief: Deadly drone attacks in Sudan, violence against women in the spotlight, more clashes in DR Congo thumbnail
Health

World News in Brief: Deadly drone attacks in Sudan, violence against women in the spotlight, more clashes in DR Congo

World News in Brief: Deadly drone attacks in Sudan, violence against women in the spotlight, more clashes in DR Congo “It is deeply...

Venezuela’s repressive State apparatus ‘intact’ despite leadership change thumbnail
Health

Venezuela’s repressive State apparatus ‘intact’ despite leadership change

Venezuela’s repressive State apparatus ‘intact’ despite leadership change “The structures that have sustained persecution for years have not been dismantled, nor have State...

Aid operations strained across Middle East: WFP seeks $200 million to sustain food assistance thumbnail
Health

Aid operations strained across Middle East: WFP seeks $200 million to sustain food assistance

Aid operations strained across Middle East: WFP seeks $200 million to sustain food assistance The UN agency is working to sustain food assistance...