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New report says civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South Sudan.

Exclusive: UN documents seen by the Guardian list hundreds of incidents, including claims workers were blindfolded and beaten

The UN raises concerns over Israel's aid restrictions in Gaza, potentially constituting a war crime. Urgent humanitarian intervention needed.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the entire population of Gaza is experiencing 'severe levels of acute food insecurity', as the UN food agency has declared famine is imminent in the enclave, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid to people starving in the territory.

Restricting aid could be seen as using starvation as a ‘weapon of war’, the UN’s human rights chief says.

People in Gaza are suffering from "catastrophic levels of hunger," according to a group of global experts. Doctors say Louisiana's abortion ban has led to big deviations in maternal care.

The war on Gaza brought out hundreds of thousands of protesters. This force could reshape our hollow democracies, says political activist Richard Seymour

As the war in Gaza continues, France's former ambassador to Israel has told FRANCE 24 how Israel has "shifted to the right, even to the far right" since he was in post. Gérard Araud, who also served as envoy to the US and UN, says he is not surprised by…

Efforts to hammer out a temporary truce in Gaza intensified Tuesday after months of war that have left parts of the devastated territory facing imminent famine.

Witnesses said gang members attacked a bank, a gas station and homes in the area. Gunfire continued to ring out in Petion-Ville in the afternoon.

Rights groups say proposed rollback of 2015 law will overturn women’s rights across the region as a whole.