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Israel-Europe gas deal sparks criticism
  An Israel-Europe gas pipeline deal aimed at turning Israel into a major energy exporter in the Mediterranean has come under criticism from Palestinians, particularly as the besieged Gaza Strip continues to suffer from a crippling power crisis.   "The pipeline agreement between Israel, Italy, Cyprus and Greece will not only benefit... More
Apr 20, 2025
UN: Mediterranean refugee deaths in 2017 top 1,000
  Some 23 refugees are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea last weekend, bringing the Mediterranean death toll this year to 1,089, the UN said Tuesday.   "43,204 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 23 April, over 80 percent arriving in Italy and the rest in... More
Apr 20, 2025
Militia attacks displace 1M people in DR Congo: UN
  Militia attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo have left hundreds of thousands in desperate need of humanitarian aid, according to local officials and the United Nations.   Some 731,000 people in the country’s Kasai region, mostly women and children, have been displaced by militiamen who attack police and civilians alike, said... More
Apr 20, 2025
UN: 2m children displaced by South Sudan conflict
  The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes, according to two UN agencies.   Children make up 62 percent of the more than 1.8 million South Sudanese refugees who have arrived mainly in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan, say the UN children's... More
Apr 20, 2025
UNICEF: Number of unaccompanied refugee children soars
  The number of unaccompanied child refugees globally has increased five-fold since 2010, according to new figures by UNICEF.   In a report released late on Wednesday, the United Nations Children's Fund counted 300,000 unaccompanied and separated children worldwide in 2015 and 2016 - up from 66,000 in 2010 and 2011.   Of... More
Apr 20, 2025
‘Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth’
  Africa is poor, but we can try to help its people.   It's a simple statement, repeated through a thousand images, newspaper stories and charity appeals each year, so that it takes on the weight of truth. When we read it, we reinforce assumptions and stories about Africa that we've heard... More
Apr 20, 2025
Italy refugee crisis: Gangs running child prostitution rings
  by Laurence Lee   My team and I first came to cover the G7 talks, in which US President Donald Trump successfully fended off an Italian proposal for all the countries at the table to treat the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean Sea as a humanitarian emergency.   But we then stayed... More
Apr 20, 2025
UN: Israeli occupation prolongs 'immense pain'
  The UN’s human rights chief on Tuesday called for an end to the Israeli occupation and warned that maintaining it would cause “prolongation of immense pain” for both Palestine and Israel.   Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council’s 35th session in Geneva, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights... More
Apr 20, 2025
UN: Record 141 million people need aid
  A record 141 million people across 37 countries will need humanitarian assistance this year, the UN said on Wednesday.   The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an international aid appeal for 2017 had risen to $23.5 billion, but said plans to help over 100 million people... More
Apr 20, 2025
Palestinians hope UN ruling will improve life in Hebron
  By Nigel Wilson   Abed Abu Eisha was watching the news on Friday evening when he learned that the United Nations' cultural arm had recognized his home city, the Old City of Hebron, as a Palestinian World Heritage Site.   The next afternoon, perched on a chair outside a clothing store on... More
Apr 20, 2025
Yemen's 'unfathomable pain and suffering'
  United Nations officials have warned that the conflict in the Arab world's poorest nation, Yemen, is intensifying daily, with armed groups expanding, thousands facing a cholera epidemic, and seven million "on the cusp of famine".   Speaking before the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN special envoy... More
Apr 20, 2025
HRW: Greece failing to protect lone refugee children
  Greek authorities on Lesbos Island have failed to protect unaccompanied children from abuse by placing them in refugee camps with unrelated adults, says Human Rights Watch (HRW).   By misidentifying the children and classifying them as adults, Greek authorities have left the children vulnerable to abuse, sexual exploitation and human trafficking,... More
Apr 20, 2025
West Bank villagers decry collective punishment
  For the past four days, he had stayed at home in Kobar, after the Israeli military imposed a closure on the village in the wake of a deadly stabbing attack at a nearby Jewish settlement on July 21. The attacker, 19-year-old Omar al-Abed, who killed three Israelis and injured a... More
Apr 20, 2025
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