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17M ‘forgotten’ in Yemen suffer acute malnutrition

After more than a decade of civil war, with the involvement of neighbors and their allies, poverty and hunger have worsened sharply in Yemen just as aid cuts have started to bite and humanitarian assistance is drying up.

Guardian

ICC believes war crimes happening in Darfur

The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing to take place in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years.

NBCNews.com

Colombia fighters step up child soldier recruitment

As Colombia’s continue to escalate, with multiple ceasefires and dialogues between the state and armed groups collapsing this year, criminal organizations increasingly rely on underage soldiers to bolster their ranks.

Al Jazeera

Gaza’s largest hospital faces imminent disaster

Doctors have warned of an imminent disaster at Gaza’s largest functioning hospital because of critical shortage of fuel and a widening Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis.

BBC

UN delivers the first fuel into Gaza in 130 days

Alarabiya

Hamas agrees to release 10 hostages to Israel

The Times of Israel

Children waiting for supplements killed in Gaza

At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two women, have been killed in an Israeli strike while queuing for nutritional supplements in front of a clinic in central Gaza, a hospital says.

BBC

Palestinians risk Israeli fire for share of aid

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

23 dead after airstrike on Buddhist monastery

An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, separate sources said.

Associated Press

Civilians, foreigners caught amid Mali violence

As army and armed groups clash, Indian nationals are taken “hostage,” raising concerns Mali’s crisis may resonate beyond the region.

Al Jazeera

30 years on, Srebrenica still buries its dead

Seven victims of the 1995 genocide, some of whose remains were only discovered in the past year from mass graves uncovered in Liplje, Baljkovica, Suljici and Kamenicko Brdo, were buried during the somber anniversary.

Al Jazeera

30 years on: The Srebrenica genocide explained

Deutsche Welle

Hasina charged with crimes against humanity

Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has been formally charged with crimes against humanity after being accused of ordering a deadly crackdown against anti-government protests that left more than 1,400 dead.

Guardian

Kenya’s president orders protestors shot in leg

Kenya’s president, William Ruto, has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, in a sharp intensification of his rhetoric days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Turkey detains hundreds of Erdogan opponents

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months.

MSN

Kurdish PKK burns guns in cauldron in big step toward ending Turkey conflict

BBC

Trump: Ukraine to receive air defense systems

U.S. President Trump has said he will send weapons for Ukraine via NATO. His announcement came after Ukraine President Zelensky spoke of having a “positive dialogue” on ensuring that arms arrived on time.

Yahoo! News

Ukraine’s capital buzzes during the day; it’s a battleground at night

Associated Press

Israel says it will strike Iran again if threatened

Israel will strike Iran again if it is threatened by Tehran, Defense Minister Israel Katz said. “Israel’s long arm will reach you in Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and anywhere you try to threaten or harm Israel,” Katz said

The Business Standard

US sanctions investigator probing Gaza abuses

The Trump administration announced that it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tech’s diversity crisis puts bias into AI systems

Built-in viewpoints and bias, unintentionally imbued in AI systems, can make the fast-growing digital tool risky as it is used to make significant decisions in areas such as hiring processes, health care and law enforcement.

Context

Rivers suggest Mars once wetter than thought

Scientists spot traces of 10,000 miles of rivers in area where many believed “there wasn’t any evidence for water.”

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

First malaria treatment for babies is approved

The first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use. It’s expected to be rolled out in African countries within weeks.

BBC

Inside Pakistan’s morphine-shortage crisis

Cheap and effective opioid painkillers like morphine are usually not available for patients receiving cancer treatment and end-of-life care in Pakistan. Why is the medication hard to come by?

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Thousands celebrate Moo Deng’s first birthday

Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has become a social media sensation.

NPR

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid cuts could mean millions more HIV deaths

Unless funding is replaced, the halt to foreign aid by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump could reverse “decades of progress” on HIV, the United Nations warns in its annual report on HIV/AIDS.

Al Jazeera

UN limits operations in West and Central Africa

The World Food Program said it is suspending food and nutritional assistance across crisis-hit West and Central African countries as a result of U.S. and other global aid cuts that are grinding its operations to a halt.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Gazans must pay middlemen to get their cash

Cash is the lifeblood of the Gaza Strip’s shattered economy, and like all other necessities in this war-torn territory, it is in extremely short supply.

Associated Press

Farming without soil helps tackle hunger crisis

In Somalia, internally displaced women who previously depended on food aid are growing spinach, tomatoes and leafy greens in hydroponic units with nutrient-rich water instead of soil.

Deutsche Welle

The benefits of gardening on India’s rooftops

Hunger is growing in Indian cities — rooftop gardens could help. They enable sustainable cultivation of fruit and vegetables. Is the model viable? What political and social changes are needed to succeed?

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

94 arrested for environmental crime in Amazon

Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin.

ABC News

Syrians navigate landmines to battle wildfires

Syria’s wildfires are the first major natural disaster since the country overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in December.

Al Jazeera

To rebuild from war, Syrian firefighters work to rebuild trust

NPR

Colombian divers save whales from ghost nets

Abandoned fishing equipment haunts our oceans, killing coral, turtles, sharks and whales. But in Colombia’s Gulf of Tribugá, “guardians” are on call to free entangled marine animals.

Guardian

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Displaced children in a Cameroon classroom, given a second chance to learn. (Photo by Ingrid Prestetun/NRC) Photo used under CC BY

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