The death toll from severe flooding in Myanmar following Cyclone Yagi has doubled to 226, state media reported, as the UN warned as many as 630,000 people may need aid.
Pope Francis on Friday condemned the deaths of Palestinian children in Israel's military offensive in Gaza, calling the bombing of a school in an apparent attempt to attack Hamas militants
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday (4/9) that the number of cholera deaths reported last year worldwide jumped 71% from the previous year to more than 4,000 people.
An airstrike on the Khan Younis area, in southern Gaza, killed six people and wounded seven others on Tuesday (8/27), said a hospital official who received the bodies of the
The United Nations condemned on Monday the "unacceptable" level of violence that is becoming commonplace against aid workers. According to the UN, 280 such workers were killed in 2023, a
The death toll in two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to at least 18, with 14 others missing, local sources told the news agency. AFPSunday (11/8).
Landslides and floods have killed more than 150 people across China in the past two months as rainstorms battered the region. A search was still underway Monday (Aug. 5) for
A Mexican crime journalist who was under police protection following an assassination attempt was shot dead on Sunday, local officials said. Alejandro Martinez Noguez, who ran a prominent online media
Hamas said on Wednesday (31/7) that its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli attack in Iran. Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration of the country's
Washington, DC (VOA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced sharp criticism from media activist groups during his visit to Washington, D.C. last week to address the U.S. Congress and