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Over 10,000 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza since 7 October; Israel’s military says it has encircled Gaza City and divided Gaza Strip into two

UN refugee agency says 10 of 50 bakeries it helps have been hit and fuel is running out to transport flour to those that remain

Since October 21, only 84 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into Gaza.

Three months after a military junta seized power in Niger, overthrowing democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum, the country remains increasingly isolated. Rights groups warn Niger's population of 27 million now face a multitude of crises including insecurity, poverty and loss of personal freedoms.

Israeli attacks worsen the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which already was suffering under a 16-year blockade.

Israel says anyone in northern Gaza will be considered ‘an accomplice in a terrorist organisation’

Chad has called for the world to step up and help feed the country and its increasing refugee population, including 460,000 fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan.

The United Nations’ World Food Program is appealing for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan

Israel’s order for 1.1 million northern Gazans to move south could amount to a forcible transfer of civilians, UN says.

The incoming and outgoing New Zealand governments have come together to support aid for Israel and Palestine during the Gaza crisis.