Category: 2. World

When Senate Democrats decided in September to use the government funding bill to put up a fight over expiring healthcare subsides, it set the stage for a 43-day federal government shutdown marked by turmoil for hundreds of thousands of federal…

UNITED NATIONS  –  Two UN agencies have warned of a major hunger emergency, with acute food insecurity set to worsen in 16 countries and territories between now and May 2026, putting millions of lives at risk. A report released by the…

#Occupied Palestinian Territory

Humanitarians scale up Gaza response despite ongoing impediments 

The UN and its partners continue working to help hundreds of thousands of vulnerable families across the Gaza Strip.*  

In recent weeks, the UN…

When Vladimir Putin first started targeting the Ukrainian energy sector, it did not have the impact the Kremlin wanted. Ukraine’s ability to withstand the Russian campaign, and carefully ration its power…

Ed Campbell
BBC News Investigations

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew,
responded to an email…

Issuing a warning that the children’s sense of stability and security has been eroded as key everyday services have collapsed, humanitarians insist that young Gazans will need “sustained, long-term efforts to recover”.

According to child…