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Yemen fighting overwhelms hospitals, cuts aid to 800,000 people, relief agencies say
More than 200,000 people have been displaced from their homes since fighting in the country began in recent weeks, according to the United Nations' International Organization for Migration.
Red Cross chief says she tried to arrange Gaza hostage visits through talks with Hamas's Haniyeh
Hamas harvests civilian casualties. The media should never be complicit - opinion
Former hostage Omer Shem Tov recalls loneliness, hunger, abuse during Hamas captivity
Qatar denies holding Iranian military pilots captive, says search teams found remains of one
Earlier in the day, Iran International reported that three Iranian military pilots have been held in Qatar for the past six months after being captured by Qatari forces.
Detained Myanmar leader met by Red Cross for first contact since ousting of gov't in coup
The Nobel Prize winner has been in detention since February 2021, when Myanmar's military ousted an elected civilian government led by her in a dawn coup.
Israel to assume one-year chairmanship of Arlosen Archives, comprehensive WWII archive in 2027
In 2025, the Arolsen Archives partnered with Israel’s Central Zionist Archive to digitize over 1300 child tracing files, records originally created for unaccompanied Jewish children after the war.
Protesters burn treatment centers, attack healthcare workers to retrieve bodies of Ebola victims
The Ebola outbreak has sparked a wave of misinformation that health officials linked to violent assaults on healthcare workers and attacks on healthcare centers.
'Terrorist' vs 'Judeo-Nazi': MKs trade barbs over bill barring Red Cross from Israeli prisons
The bill was drafted by Galit Distel Atbaryan, Keti Shitrit, and a group of additional lawmakers. Thirty-six MKs voted in favor of the bill, while 41 opposed it, and it was removed from the agenda.
Knesset rejects proposed bill aimed at preventing Red Cross from visiting Palestinian detainees
An explanatory statement regarding the proposal cited “the security risk involved in the entry of external elements into prisons” as the reason for the bill being put forward.
Supreme Court rules Israel’s ban on Red Cross visits to detainees unlawful
Israel’s High Court ruled the state’s blanket ban on Red Cross visits to security prisoners unlawful, citing lack of legal basis, decades of precedent, and violations of detainee rights.
Yemen government, Houthis to release more than 1,600 prisoners in conflict's largest swap
The conflict erupted after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention in support of the government the following year.
Medical supply shortages loom in Iran as civilians bear the cost of ongoing conflict, UN warns
As Iran’s war continues, medical shortages loom, with critical supplies in jeopardy. The regime’s actions are felt globally, and citizens bear the brunt of the crisis.
UK to provide over $6 million in emergency funding for Lebanon aid
"The actions of this proscribed terrorist group - at the instigation of the Iranian regime - are once again drawing the people of Lebanon into a conflict they do not want," Cooper said.
