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A 12-year-old Rohingya refugee girl in a Bangladesh camp. (Photo by Anna Dubuis/DFID) Photo used under CC BY

Rohingya children’s lives being crushed by aid cuts

The sudden foreign aid cuts this year by the U.S., along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of the camps’ schools and youth training centers and crippled child protection programs.

Associated Press

Rohingya refugees face food shortages as aid cuts hit

The Independent

Sudan named the most neglected crisis of 2025

The humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Sudan, unleashing horrific violence on children and uprooting nearly a quarter of the population, is the world’s most neglected crisis of 2025, according to a poll of aid agencies.

Context

Seven neglected crises you may have missed in 2025

Context

Sudan tops global crisis watchlist for 3rd year

Sudan topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by an international aid group for the third year in a row as a devastating war grips the northeastern African country.

Associated Press

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis largest in the world — yet not one we hear about

YouTube

Drones kill 100 Sudanese this month

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Iran curbs women’s rights more via dowry law

Iranian lawmakers have pushed through changes to the dowry law, further weakening women’s rights and aggravating gender discrimination in the Islamic Republic.

Deutsche Welle

S. Africa’s war on gender violence ignores kids

Child rights activists say the classification of gender violence as a national disaster does not prioritize children, who are nearly half of the number of sexual offense victims in South Africa, enough.

Context

Myanmar state in dire straits as conflict rages

As Myanmar’s military loses ground, Rakhine state plunges into isolation, ethnic strife and a humanitarian crisis that threatens regional stability. The situation has also had a significant impact on the fate of the Rohingya.

Deutsche Welle

Myanmar military says armed groups used hospital it bombed, killing dozens

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Thailand demands ceasefire from Cambodia

Thailand demanded that Cambodia must be the first to declare a halt in fighting to bring an end to the latest round of clashes between the Southeast Asian neighbors.

Al Jazeera

Chinese weapons fueling both sides of neighboring border war

Newsweek

Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo city

The AFC/M23 armed group announced that it had agreed to a request from the United States to withdraw from the city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

France 24

200 charged with violating Myanmar voting law

Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of this month, keeping up pressure on opponents of the polls.

Associated Press

Thousands of houses without power in Ukraine

More than a million households are without electricity in Ukraine after a barrage of overnight Russian strikes hit energy and industrial infrastructure, officials said.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Myanmar says zero tolerance for cyberscams

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that have taken root in the country.

ABC News

Fossil may be new species of human ancestor

Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research that raises questions about our evolutionary past.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Climate change threatens reproductive health

A growing body of evidence shows that reproductive health risks rise with climate change in Asia, as experts urge inclusion of reproductive health in climate financing.

Context

Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses

An estimated 6,000 nurses left Ghana in 2024 for roles in countries including the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stay.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane

Guardian

Column (Ahmad Abushawish):

The real reason Israel wants to open the Rafah crossing

Al Jazeera

Column (Leila Salazar López and Patricia Gualinga):

Indigenous people are leading the end of the fossil fuel era in the Amazon

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Clowns bring laughter to children in Turkey

In Antakya, artists bring laughter to children still coping with trauma from the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey.

Deutsche Welle

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

1K family planning clinics shut amid aid cuts

Millions of people have been left without access to contraceptives or care, including those who have suffered sexual assault, as part of a “shift towards conservative ideologies that deliberately block human rights.”

Guardian

Drone strike kills 6 UN peacekeepers in Sudan

A drone strike has hit a United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said.

Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Iran’s rial currency plummets to a record low

Iran’s rial slid further to a record low of more than 1.3 million to the U.S. dollar, deepening the currency’s collapse less than two weeks after it first breached the 1.2-million mark amid sanctions and regional tensions.

PBS

ENVIRONMENT

Afghanis face acute hunger as winter looms

More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis-level hunger in the upcoming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises and the U.N. food aid agency warned.

Associated Press

Inside Pakistan city’s deepening water crisis

In Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, water is running dry. The rapidly depleting groundwater is making life difficult for those living in the city.

Deutsche Welle

Gazans struggle amid days of torrential rains

Palestinians in Gaza struggled to recover from torrential rains that battered the enclave for days, flooding camps for the displaced, collapsing buildings already badly damaged in the two-year war and leaving at least 12 dead.

Associated Press

In Gaza, flooded shelters make life unbearable for displaced

Deutsche Welle

Passport for fashion aims to end greenwashing

Passport for textiles could verify green claims as global fashion seeks to reduce its environmental footprint.

Context

Climate change causing tension in Senegal

Tension between farmers and herders has long been a fact of life in West Africa, but climate change is ramping it up.

Associated Press

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A fisherman on Majuli Island in Assam, India. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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