An Israel-Europe gas pipeline deal aimed at turning Israel into a major energy exporter in the Mediterranean has come under criticism from Palestinians, particularly as the besieged Gaza Strip continues to suffer from a crippling power crisis. 　　"The pipeline agreement between Israel, Italy, Cyprus and Greece will not only benefit... More

　　More than 20 million children in the Middle East need immediate help, the UN children’s agency said. 　　Sunday is Universal Children’s Day and UNICEF has called for the rights of every child to be protected. 　　“More than 20 million children, who have been affected by wars and clashes in the... More

　　Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and three UN agencies, which says the calamity is the result of prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the war-torn East African nation. 　　The official classification... More

　　Umm Baha has become a regular participant in protests against reduced UNRWA services in the besieged Gaza Strip. 　　The 43-year-old Palestinian widow says she has no choice but to demonstrate against recent cuts to services offered by the United Nations refugee agency. "The diminished assistance that I receive is disproportionate,... More

　　Africa is poor, but we can try to help its people. 　　It's a simple statement, repeated through a thousand images, newspaper stories and charity appeals each year, so that it takes on the weight of truth. When we read it, we reinforce assumptions and stories about Africa that we've heard... More

　　Abuses of power committed by Israel's Civilian Security Coordinators (CSCs), civilian guards of the illegal settlements, continue to contribute to settlement expansion into Palestinian-owned land across the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli rights group. 　　In following the behavior of the CSC guards over a decade, rights group Yesh... More

　　The last time Gholam saw his wife and two children was in the brief moment before a high wave split their boat in half and catapulted the dozens of people on board towards the sea. 　　In the chaos of October 16, 2015, Gholam, an Afghan refugee from Kabul, held his... More

　　By the thousands they came, fleeing bombs, brutality and hardship. At day, they tore through muddy fields; at night, they huddled around small fires. Young and old, they passed through barbed wire, crammed inside trucks and braved rough seas in flimsy boats. 　　Along the way, they saw loved ones -... More

　　The Iraqi army on Sunday resumed operations in Mosul after a one-day pause, amid growing concerns over an escalating civilian death toll as fierce fighting reaches the city's most densely populated areas. 　　The offensive was briefly put on hold after local officials and residents in west Mosul said suspected US-led... More

　　The UN’s human rights chief on Tuesday called for an end to the Israeli occupation and warned that maintaining it would cause “prolongation of immense pain” for both Palestine and Israel. 　　Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council’s 35th session in Geneva, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights... More

　　More than two years after the 2014 war, displaced citizens are still struggling to survive. 　　Samia Qudaih and her husband, Mohammed Baraka, have been struggling to survive with their son and five daughters in the al-Zanah area of Gaza, east of Khan Younis, for the past two years. In preparation... More

　　By Stanley L Cohen 　　Two weeks ago, the world stood fixated at a largely symbolic gesture by the United Nations in which it found the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank of Palestine to be illegal. Or did it? 　　Although the UN Security Council, with rare uniformity, chastised Israel... More

　　According to the latest Palestinian figures, since Oct. 1 of last year, at least 186 Palestinians have been killed and another 15,645 injured by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. 　　Over the same period, according to Israeli figures, 33 Israelis have... More

　　More than 1,250 Catholic priests accused of child sex abuse in Australia with few allegations pursued in cover-up drive. 　　About seven percent of Catholic priests in Australia were accused of sexually abusing children between 1950 and 2010, but few allegations were investigated, an inquiry in Sydney has heard. 　　The scathing... More

　　When Israeli military jeeps approached the village of Budrus last month, every resident was notified within minutes. 　　Through the speakers of the village's mosque, a warning was issued: Israeli forces had entered the area and were preparing to demolish a house. 　　Men, women and children rushed towards the site of... More

　　Militia attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo have left hundreds of thousands in desperate need of humanitarian aid, according to local officials and the United Nations. 　　Some 731,000 people in the country’s Kasai region, mostly women and children, have been displaced by militiamen who attack police and civilians alike, said... More

　　A jabbing pain in his shoulder and thigh roused Obada from his sleep at 3am. In the half-light, the 15-year-old could make out eight masked men surrounding his bed, their rifles pointed at him. 　　"I felt terrified," he said of the experience of being arrested in February from his home... More

　　The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes, according to two UN agencies. 　　Children make up 62 percent of the more than 1.8 million South Sudanese refugees who have arrived mainly in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan, say the UN children's... More

　　by Laurence Lee 　　My team and I first came to cover the G7 talks, in which US President Donald Trump successfully fended off an Italian proposal for all the countries at the table to treat the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean Sea as a humanitarian emergency. 　　But we then stayed... More

　　At least 22 million children across four conflict-ridden countries are at risk of death as a result of sickness and famine unless urgent action is taken to address the problem, UNICEF said on Tuesday, urging a 50 percent aid budget boost for those countries. 　　In a statement, the United Nations... More