Category: 1. Palestine

Access to el-Fasher and nearby camps ‘dangerously restricted’, with up to 450,000 people estimated to be on the move.

Aid organisations are struggling to respond to the deepening humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur, being driven by attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the United Nations has warned.

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said in a statement released late on Sunday that access for humanitarian aid remains…

Israel has revoked the visas of 27 French lawmakers just days before their visit, amid growing diplomatic tensions over Paris’s potential recognition of a Palestinian state.

The Israeli government revoked the entry visas of 27 left-wing French lawmakers and officials just two days before their planned visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, the group announced on…

Pope Francis, the Argentinian pontiff who brought the plight of the world’s most marginalised back to the centre of the Roman Catholic Church’s attention, has died aged 88, the Vatican announced on Monday.

A charismatic communicator with a friendly demeanour, Francis succeeded in broadening Catholicism’s appeal at a time of growing disenchantment towards the Church – an institution embroiled in financial and sexual scandals.

Throughout his papacy from 2013 to 2025, the pope stripped…

Pope Francis died on Monday morning, the Vatican announced, days after he left hospital following treatment for a complex respiratory infection. He was 88.

His death, 12 years after he was declared pope, has prompted renewed questions about who will succeed him as leader of the Catholic Church, one of the oldest and largest religious institutions with up to 1.39 billion followers.

Here’s what you need to know about what could come after Pope Francis, whose social justice ideals and global…

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. He was 88 years old.

Born in Argentina, he was the first Latin American pope as well as the first non-European to serve for more than 1,000 years.

He was known for his simple words and humble manner that immediately won over the crowds.

After he assumed the papacy in 2013, Francis aimed to make the church more inclusive, opening up key roles to women and trying to address the issue of child sex abuse by Catholic clerics….