Gaza malnutrition and starvation at ‘catastrophic’ levels: Health Ministry
About 67 percent of Gaza's population projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026.
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About 67 percent of Gaza's population projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026.
Read original sourceAs drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access and an end to the weapons flows fuelling the brutal conflict.
Read original sourceCountries along NATO’s eastern flank growing increasingly concerned about the risk of escalation of the war in Ukraine.
Read original sourceEuropean leaders are meeting in Brussels amid worsening relations between Washington and KyivDenmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has also acknowledged the situation is very difficult given tensions with the US just as winter is “fast approaching.”“We must continue to support Ukraine. Otherwise we are making things far too easy for the Russians,” she said. Continue reading...
Read original sourceMaeen Abdulmalik Saeed says Iran-backed militia’s use of drones represents ‘new era of radical terrorism’The future of western security is being fought out in the mountains and hills surrounding the south-western Yemeni city of Taiz, the country’s former prime minster has said.Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, now an adviser to Yemen’s president, said it would be catastrophic if the city fell to the Iran-ba
Read original sourceSaudi Arabia calls Houthi attacks 'full-fledged war crimes' while the US warns of possible attacks on Saudi airports.
Read original sourceUK defence secretary trying to cool tensions and is arguing it is in America’s economic interests to support KyivWes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort.The British defence secretary, giving a speech before a meeting wit
Read original sourceUkraine's president has told Elon Musk that any restriction on the Starlink's system cost lives.
Read original sourceExclusive: Chancellor to target sector in his first budget to help offset damage caused by Iran war on public financesJohn Healey is poised to tax Britain’s banks in his 28 October budget to help offset the damage inflicted on the public finances by war in the Middle East, the Guardian understands.The chancellor is in Bangkok, where the International Monetary Fund has praised the UK’s progress tow
Read original sourceVoters’ opposition to the state of Trump’s economy is well established – despite his desperate attempts to deflectOur reporters answer your questions about the US economy and the midterm electionsIt’s indisputable that the political polarization of our time has reduced (and confused) the influence of economic conditions on US elections.In September of 2024, in the waning weeks of the Joe Biden pre
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