UNICEF says the number of malnourished children could increase to 2.4 million Issa Nasser, a 7-month-old Yemeni child, was suffering from severe malnutrition last week. “I don’t have anything to give him,” his father, a local fisherman, told The Associated Press. This … Read More
More than 11 million Syrians are reported to be in need of humanitarian aid and protection – Reuters Russia and China have vetoed at the UN Security Council a one-year extension to a deal allowing aid deliveries to north-western Syria … Read More
The American “maximum pressure” campaign has clearly had a major impact on Iran, but a massive influx of Chinese investments will go a long way towards undoing it. Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Iranian Foreign Minister … Read More
The withdrawal takes effect July 2021. The Trump administration submitted a notice of withdrawal from the World Health Organization to the United Nations secretary-general, a senior administration official told Fox News on Tuesday, after President Trump for weeks had blasted the WHO’s handling of … Read More
Smoke billows following an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa earlier this month – Getty Images The US and Saudi governments have made a joint public appeal to the UN Security Council to extend the 13-year old … Read More
The UN refugee agency revealed that the number of people fleeing war and persecution was more than 79 million last year — the highest such figure since the agency was founded 70 years ago. Euronews spoke to the UN High … Read More
By the time James boarded a flight from Libya to Nigeria at the end of 2018, he had survived a Mediterranean shipwreck, traveled through a half dozen African states, been shot, and spent two years being abused and tortured in … Read More
In a wide-ranging interview with DW, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged India and China to “deescalate” their deadly border spat. He also said NATO would endure despite Trump’s plan to trim US troop numbers in Germany. German Foreign Minister Heiko … Read More
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, June 2, 2020 Credit: FABRIZIO BENSCH/ REUTERS German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Wednesday will land in Israel ahead of his expected meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi. The visit’s official capacity … Read More