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- Afghanistan, Gaza, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Sudan, US-Israel war on Iran, World Health Organization, World news
WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has s…
- Afghanistan, Gaza, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Sudan, US-Israel war on Iran, World Health Organization, World news
WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has s…
- Africa, Europe, Gaza, Human rights, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Palestine, Russia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, World news
Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars…
- Africa, Americas, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US immigration, US news, US politics, Venezuela, World news, Yemen
Venezuela says being in US is ‘great risk’ as countries respond to Trump travel ban
Caracas describes US government as fascist, Somalia vows to address security and Iranian Americans express reg…
- Africa, Americas, Conflict and arms, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global development, Journalist safety, Media, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘They told me that they’d hunt me down’: journalists on how they survive working in war zones
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the wo…
- Africa, Europe, India, Israel-Gaza war, Kashmir, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Russia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Trump administration, Ukraine, US foreign policy, World news
Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?
The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their rela…
- Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, US news, World news, Yemen
The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores
While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many…
- Africa, Israel-Gaza war, Médecins Sans Frontières, Migration, Palestinian territories, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Voluntary sector, World news
‘A glimpse of hope’: how Observer readers are helping mend broken lives in war-torn lands
Médecins Sans Frontières workers have unique insight into the suffering of those they help, providing medical …
- Africa, Censorship, Europe, Germany, Global development, Iran, Journalist safety, Kurds, Media, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Syria, World news
‘This is a big chance for all of us’: Germany’s freedom hotel where exiled journalists take refuge
As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abusesW…
- Africa, British American Tobacco, Business, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Smoking, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World Health Organization, World news
BAT subsidiary lobbies Pakistan to allow export of cigarettes to Sudan
Exclusive: critics say British American Tobacco’s plan to ‘flood a country in crisis with cheap cigarettes’ is…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Egypt, El Salvador, Europe, European Union, Global development, Human rights, India, Israel, Law, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Protest, Refugees, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Taliban, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, Vietnam, World news
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Business, Chad, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Food security, Global development, Humanitarian response, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, United Nations, World news
‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and ap…
- Immigration and asylum, Lebanon, Oxfam, Pakistan, Refugees, Sudan, UK news, United Nations, World news
The UN refugee convention works and is as necessary as ever | Letter
Leaders of charities and NGOs respond to Suella Braverman’s recent comments attacking the refugee convention i…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Art and design, Asia Pacific, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Culture, Ecuador, Global development, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, London, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Myanmar, Pakistan, Photography, Protest, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Texas, UK news, US news, World news
Remembering the coup in Chile and clashes in Haiti: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
Images of the struggle for human rights and freedoms around the world this week, from a women’s march for just…
- Africa, Conflict and arms, Europe, Global development, Global health, Humanitarian response, Iran, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Russia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Ukraine, War crimes, World news
Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff
Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals…