At least 579 people have died and nearly 2,000 are missing after the disaster in Nepal, according to official figures. The risk of further flooding is rising, and among other things, a dam has burst.
WorldThe ceasefire has come into force and the trucks are ready. Israel has given the green light for the UN to let in more emergency aid into Gaza from Sunday, according to a UN source for the news agency AP.
WorldIsrael's plan to release aid to Gaza through a completely new organization has been met with sharp criticism from the established aid world. The plan is not perfect, but it gives people food, says the American war veteran Jake Wood, head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is to distribute the aid.
WorldAround 100 UN trucks with emergency aid have been permitted to roll into Gaza on Tuesday. The UN estimates that 14,000 infants are suffering from acute malnutrition.
WorldSeveral trucks have entered Gaza with emergency aid – the first in nearly three months. The news comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) has alerted that two million Gazans are starving. Following Israel's announcement that it will take control over the entire Gaza Strip, Western countries are threatening with sanctions.
WorldDoctors Without Borders denounce the "intentional humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, and the UN's António Guterres calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to the strip. The statements come after Israel blocked all humanitarian aid from entering the war-torn area for over ten weeks.
WorldMore than 30 people were killed when paramilitary forces launched a new attack on one of the larger cities in Darfur, alarm activist groups working in Sudan's raging civil war.
WorldThe UN's coordination body for humanitarian aid, Ocha, is to lay off 20 per cent of its staff. This as a consequence of withdrawn American aid.
WorldHeavy rainfall makes recovery more difficult after the earthquake in Myanmar last week, where thousands of people perished. Precipitation combined with heat also increases the risk of disease outbreaks in the tent camps.
WorldThe American decision to stop supporting aid efforts can mean "a seismic shock" for global humanitarian work, according to the head of the UN agency Ocha.
WorldIsrael's decision to stop the introduction of humanitarian aid to Gaza is being criticized. Most people here are dependent on the aid shipments, says Unicef's spokesperson Salim Oweis, on site in Gaza, to TT.
WorldThe influx of relief aid, which is permitted under the ongoing ceasefire in the Gaza War, has made it possible to avoid starvation in most areas of the region, according to the UN.
WorldMore than 630 trucks with humanitarian aid entered the besieged Gaza Strip on the first day of the ceasefire, according to the UN's disaster relief organization, Ocha. At least 300 of them have reached northern Gaza.
WorldThe UN Security Council demands that an "inclusive and Syrian-led" political process be implemented in the country, following the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. The UN envoy Geir Pedersen urges the country to hold free and fair elections.
WorldSyria's new leadership is working hard to win back the world. Several countries have resumed diplomatic relations with the country after the regime's fall. The EU says it is ready to reopen its embassy in Damascus.
WorldWomen and girls are exposed to gang rapes in front of their families – or are taken away and held as sex slaves. Human Rights Watch directs serious accusations against Sudan's paramilitary forces.
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