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Sir Keir Starmer’s foreign aid cuts have left the future of a scheme tackling sexual violence in warzones in doubt

Airdrops of international aid continued over Gaza on Thursday, landing in areas where civilians have been told to evacuate, as food insecurity in the territory grows increasingly severe.

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Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

Crowds of hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid at Zikim crossing shot at by Israeli soldiers

Javad Zarif floats Middle East cooperation forum to solve impasse over Iran’s nuclear programme

Lebanon’s President Aoun has reiterated calls for Hezbollah to disarm, which the group refuses to do under Israeli fire.

Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

A new vision for Middle East peace emerged this week which proposes the withdrawal of Israel from Gaza and the West Bank, the disarming and disbanding of Hamas and the creation of a unified Palestinian state. The plan emerged from a “high-level conference” in New York on July 29, which…

Wednesday marked the end of the two-day presentation in the Italian Parliament of the latest report by the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, recently sanctioned by the United States