#humanitarian-crisis

#humanitarian-crisis

Flooding has become the world's foremost climate hazard', according to experts. So what do we do about it? Devastating floods ravaged multiple regions of the world in 2025, from Southeast Asia to North America and the Middle East. We asked climate experts what is causing the devastation and what governments should be doing to prevent the situation from becoming even worse in the coming year.

In a statement on Tuesday, the UN envoy on Yemen Hans Grundberg said the prisoner swap deal came after nearly two weeks of talks in Muscat, the capital of Oman, a mediator in the conflict between the government and the Houthis that began in 2014. Calling it a positive and meaningful step, Grundberg said the agreement will help to ease the suffering of detainees and their families across Yemen.

We have 25 beds [in] isolation for measles, but every day the number of cases is increasing, Almohammed said in an interview from Amsterdam. The capacity of MSF to respond to all the needs of the people in Darfur is really limited. We cannot cover everything. Yes, we are trying to focus on the most lifesaving medical care, but still, our capacity is also limited, he said.

UN warns 17 million people in Afghanistan face acute food insecurity. Devastated by decades of war and instability, Afghanistan is facing a multitude of crises. Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, it's been subjected to international sanctions. Now, once again, Afghanistan is facing a severe humanitarian crisis. The World Food Programme says it's unable to provide assistance to millions of Afghans.

Growing global disorder threatens to deepen humanitarian crises around the world, with Sudan and Palestine facing the greatest risk of all, according to a new report. The pair once again topped the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Emergency Watchlist, the 2026 version of which was released on Tuesday. The report on the world's top 20 crises warns that diverging trends of surging catastrophe and shrinking funding signal the advent of a new world disorder replacing the post-World War II rules-based order.

At least three people have been killed and nine others wounded, when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone attack on a central Sudanese city, as fighting intensifies across the vast strategic region of Kordofan that could determine the war's outcome. The strike hit a square near a police station in the Tayba neighbourhood of el-Obeid on Saturday afternoon, military sources told Al Jazeera. Several of the wounded are in critical condition, they said.

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Once in the East African country, the former soldiers are allegedly used to train the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group that has been locked in a power struggle against Sudan's government forces. The RSF has shown again and again that it is willing to target civilians including infants and young children. Its brutality has deepened the conflict and destabilized the region, creating the conditions for terrorist groups to grow, Treasury official John K Hurley said in a statement.

As the United States showcases a "historic" peace agreement in Central Africa, heavy fighting continues in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Thursday, US President Donald Trump will bring Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi together in the newly renamed Donald J. Trump US Institute of Peace. The White House says the leaders will sign what Trump calls a peace agreement. It is presented as part of a package that blends security commitments with an economic and strategic minerals partnership. But on the ground, the war is far from over.

Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (known as the BNPB) said on Saturday that the number of confirmed casualties following this week's catastrophic flooding and landslides now stands at 248, with more than 100 people still missing, after rescuers in West Sumatra's Agam district recovered more bodies. list of 3 itemsend of list More than 500 people have also been injured, the BNPB said.

Israel has violated the United States-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing hundreds of Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10, according to the Gaza Government Media Office. Some 342 civilians have been killed in the attacks, with children, women and the elderly accounting for the majority of the victims. list of 3 itemsend of list We condemn in the strongest terms the continued serious and systematic violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli occupation authorities, the office said in a statement on Saturday.