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A Yemeni child stands in front of his family’s tent at a displacement site. (Photo by Solidarités International/Abudllah Al Jaradi) Photo used under CC BY

Thousands of displaced in Yemen struggle to eat

Yemen’s latest fighting has forced nearly 134,000 people from their homes, including an estimated 73,000 children, according to UNICEF, leaving many more families deciding which meals to skip.

Al Jazeera

WHO: Yemen health system at ‘breaking point’

France24

Mothers recall ‘living hell’ of Nepal’s deadly floods

An analyst at the U.N. says 5,030 pregnant women are among those affected by the floods, with an estimated 750 of those having complications, and 550 due to to give birth next month in their nearest hospitals.

Guardian

Nepal floods leave women and girls vulnerable

Deutsche Welle

Nepal flood survivors mourn lost families, children

Deutsche Welle

Nepal’s flooding disaster set to pile billions onto its national debt

The Independent

Malaysia begins deporting Myanmar refugees

Malaysia deported around 1,500 Myanmar nationals, including children, as part of a refugee repatriation program, defying objections from the United Nations and dozens ‌of human rights groups.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

DRC politician murdered after radio message

A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death after appearing on a radio program to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative has said.

Guardian

Peru faces court over Indigenous protections

Peru faces a regional human rights court over allegations it failed to protect isolated Indigenous peoples in the Amazon from logging and other activities.

ABC News

Those with albinism live in fear in Madagascar

Madagascar is struggling to address a rise in attacks, with a record 13 people with albinism — mostly children — killed this year for body parts, which some believe bring good fortune.

Guardian

More survivors, victims found after boat sinks

The U.S. Coast Guard said it had rescued 49 people and was searching for 10 others after a boat carrying migrants recently capsized in open waters west of Puerto Rico.

Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

UN focuses on containing Haiti’s gang violence

A new U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force is ramping up operations in Haiti, replacing an earlier international security mission that struggled to counter gang influence.

Scripps News

US trials resume over assassination of Haiti’s president

Associated Press

Haiti says it is halfway toward goal of training 4K police officers

The Haitian Times

US withdrawal leaves security questions in Iraq

As the U.S. completes its military withdrawal from Iraq, Baghdad declares a new era of sovereignty. But as U.S. troops leave, questions remain over militias, foreign forces and the country’s future security.

Deutsche Welle

UN, Houthis meet to halt violence in Yemen

The U.N. envoy for Yemen said he met with Houthi negotiators over the weekend in efforts to avert further escalation in Yemen.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Archaeologists race to save Gaza’s heritage

Amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, valuable relics of Palestine’s history are being lost. The “Guardians of Heritage” team is racing against time to recover these items at risk of deteriorating or being stolen.

Al Jazeera

New evidence deepens mystery of moon’s field

An unusual rock buried on the far side of the moon is providing fresh clues for a longstanding scientific puzzle: the lunar magnetic field.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Viruses spread in Havana as water, power fail

Health authorities in Cuba have warned in recent days of the spread of viruses, including a strain of viral hepatitis, as power and water increasingly fail.

Reuters

Fiji has world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic

Best known as a tropical paradise and honeymoon destination, the island nation of Fiji now has the unfortunate distinction of facing two intertwined epidemics: HIV and addiction to crystal meth.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Ajas Khan):

Exile has not broken young Rohingya people. But survival cost us more than our homes

Guardian

Column (Ali Abu Issam):

Can Tajikistan’s economic boom survive its debt gamble?

Al Jazeera

Column (Yalda Zamani):

Iran’s wealth was never oil; the regime proved it by locking it in a basement

The Jerusalem Post

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GOOD NEWS

The most inspirational night school on Earth

Many thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs.

NPR

A TV journalist is crowned king of Uganda

A television journalist was crowned king of a traditional monarchy that lost its one-time “boy king” last month, triggering widespread grief and a succession dispute in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom.

Associated Press

Hong Kong Moon Festival shines with lanterns

A raft of spectacular installations, including moon lanterns, lotus blossoms and culinary motifs, transforms Hong Kong’s Victoria Park into a colorful sea of lights.

Deutsche Welle

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Thailand approves $122M for flood victims

Thailand’s government approved emergency funds for flood victims amounting to $122 million following a deluge that had battered the country since mid-September, affecting more than 2.6 million people.

Associated Press

Yemen violence deepens child hunger crisis

Aid agencies in Yemen highlighted the growing hunger emergency sparked by renewed fighting between Houthi opposition forces and government troops.

UN News

Yemen’s war deepens humanitarian crisis

Al Jazeera

Djibouti urges world to help as Yemen war drives refugee influx

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest

New Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system.

The Independent

Iran’s currency hits a new record low amid war

Iran’s currency fell to a new record low, with traders in Tehran exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East has steadily eroded the Iranian economy.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Women fighting raging forest fires in Borneo

In Indonesia, 140 women are fighting devastating wildfires. With motorcycles, water pumps and courage they are protecting villages, forests ad their families from the fast-spreading blaze.

Deutsche Welle

Farmers are pairing crops with solar panels

From cooler soil to paid grazing land, farmers in the United States are finding that solar panels can do more than generate power.

Deutsche Welle

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A group of young Malagasy children in Madagascar. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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