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Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.
Lebanese displaced by nearly two months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia continue to live in makeshift tents and shelters in the Biel open space near the shore, on April 27, 2026, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds

Parents at the school claimed the displaced individuals forced their way into the school, some hinting that Hezbollah arranged to take the educational institute by force.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Junior Kondwani is tested for nutrition status at Chipili Community Center in Lilongwe, Malawi in this undated handout photo.

UN warns child mortality reduction is stalling with 4.9M deaths in 2024

Most of the deaths were preventable with better access to healthcare and low-cost interventions for challenges like complications from pre-term birth or diseases like malaria, the report said.

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A woman carrying a child boards a bus as Palestinians, including war-wounded and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt , in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.

Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025

"On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to Egypt via the Rafah crossing," said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.

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Syrian Kurds say Islamic State militants surrender after prison raid

The Syrian Democratic Forces said plans were underway to clear the rest of the detention complex in Hasaka city.

JANUARY 24, 2022ByREUTERS
Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) run from ISIS gunmen in Raqqa, Syria, July 3, 2017.

Poorer nations dump millions of close-to-expiry COVID-19 vaccines - UNICEF

Poorer nations have also been forced to delay supplies because they have insufficient storage facilities, including a lack of fridges for vaccines.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByREUTERS
A police officer stands next to boxes of expired AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at the Gosa dump site in Abuja, Nigeria, December 22, 2021.

UNICEF: 71% of Lebanon's population risks losing access to safe water

UNICEF said that should the public water supply system collapse, water costs could jump by 200% a month as water would be secured from private water suppliers.

JULY 23, 2021ByREUTERS
A man walks near a burning fire blocking a road, during a protest against mounting economic hardships, in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021.

IDF concerned crisis in Lebanon could have repercussions along the border

411th Battalion Commander Lt.-Col. Raz Haimlich said that it "can go either way."

JULY 15, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF along the northern border between Israel and Lebanon.

Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, UN says

At least 31 people died when Mount Nyiragongo sent a wall of lava spreading towards the city of Goma on Saturday, destroying 3,000 homes along the way.

MAY 28, 2021ByREUTERS
A woman prepares to evacuate from recurrent earth tremors as aftershocks after homes were covered with lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma

Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF urge equitable vaccine distribution worldwide

130 different countries, totaling a population of 2.5 billion, have yet to administer the vaccine at all.

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A health care worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine

ALFI Foundation acts as a crisis responder,having a history of supporting aid initiatives worldwide

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByPAUL LITMAN

UNICEF ignores PA recruitment of kids to violence

PMW gave evidence, but group looked only at Hamas, PIJ

DECEMBER 29, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas headband.

Israeli NGO asked by UNICEF to help children with disabilities in Georgia

UNICEF Georgia and MAC Georgia turned to Beit Issie Shapiro for expertise, to improve and upgrade the teleservices provided to children with disabilities in Georgia.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020BySARAH CHEMLA
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Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics

Across Yemen health, sanitation and nutrition services that keep millions from starvation and disease are gradually closing amid an acute funding shortage for the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

AUGUST 26, 2020ByREUTERS
Afaf Hussein (C), 10, who is malnourished, plays with other girls near her family's house in the village of al-Jaraib, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, Yemen, February 20, 2019. Afaf, who now weighs around 11 kg and is described by her doctor as "skin and bones", has been left acutely malnour