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A Palestinian child looks on as bodies of victims of Israeli overnight airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip lie on the ground in front of the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia on March 20, 2025.

In Gaza, a child's silent farewell to dead friend pierces the silence of the world

Palestinian death is increasingly being seen through the lens of cold political calculations. The world's silence over Gaza's horrors has drowned out the desperate screams of its people.

Samer Abou Hawwach 16 April 2025

A man photographs the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that targeted the Sfeir neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 6, 2024.

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Lebanon will need huge help in rebuilding… but from who?

For a country reeling from economic collapse and runaway inflation, war was the last thing it needed. The Gulf provided substantial assistance after the 2006 war. In 2024, new saviours are sought.

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 October 2024

Haitian National police officers deploy tear gas during a protest demanding the resignation of Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry after weeks of shortages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

As U.N. Mulls Sending Troops to Haiti, a Gang's Rise Shows How Hard that Would Be

As Haiti's gang-induced humanitarian crisis deepened in October, a group of looters ransacked a supermarket in a well-to-do suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince, leading police to arrest over a dozen…

29 October 2022

Tension Fueled at Sudanese-Ethiopian Borders… Is War Looming?

The military and political tension between Sudan and Ethiopia has recently escalated amid an acceleration of events and growing internal conflict in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s recent escalation may be…

Khaled Makhlouf – Cairo 20 December 2021

A woman looks at a child as residents inspect a burned house after an overnight fire that engulfed over 100 houses in Mandalay on April 1, 2021, as the country continues to be in turmoil after the February military coup.(Getty)

Women are Key to the Humanitarian Response in Myanmar

In the midst of Myanmar’s current political and humanitarian crisis, never has the resilience and response of women’s organizations been more tested than at present. The country’s women have a…

Maggi Quadrini 03 July 2021

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