The Latest Breaking News from Jens Laerke

UN says it has received only 12 percent of funds sought for war-wracked Sudan as ‘famine is closing in’.

Antonio Guterres says he fears war in Gaza ‘will worsen exponentially’ without a truce as Israel’s Rafah assault looms.

Israel is blocking far more convoys carrying food aid within Gaza, where famine is looming, than convoys carrying other kinds of aid, the UN said Tuesday.

The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to "flood" Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

UN team, medics and rights monitor say evidence points to heavy shooting by Israeli forces after massacre near convoy.

At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others were injured on Thursday after Israeli troops opened fire on civilians gathered at a convoy of food trucks southwest of Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said. Israel denied it was to blame, saying that many victims were run over…

Famine in the Gaza Strip is almost inevitable unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations said Friday.

Refugees crammed into the border city face a terrifying choice: stay for the expected attack, or flee back north through a war zone

Qatar says Hamas ‘received proposal positively’, while Unicef says 17,000 Gaza children left unaccompanied

Incident deepens an ‘apocalyptic’ situation in the Middle East as four crises overlap. Plus, how DeSantis proved to be ‘Trump without the votes’

Aid agencies warn multiple conflicts putting unprecedented pressure on lives of people in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza