Humanitarian

The UN warned that humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip are rapidly weakening due to severe funding shortages, with less than 15% of the $4.1 billion aid appeal for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank currently funded. Aid agencies are being forced to scale back or suspend essential services, putting hundreds of thousands at risk of losing access to clean drinking water.

Protesters in Iran face imminent execution by hanging in a wave of state killings.

The Global Report on Food Crises 2026 confirms that famine occurred in parts of the Gaza Strip and Sudan during 2025, marking the first time two such events have been recorded simultaneously since formal reporting began.

Rebels and soldiers executed more than 50 people and raped at least eight women during an occupation of Uvira, Human Rights Watch alleges.