Red Cross to cut 2,900 jobs, slash budget as donors reduce support
US funding drops under Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda, forcing the Red Cross into major global cutbacks.
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Indian police arrest Ladakh activist after deadly protests
Prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk detained as unrest over autonomy leaves four dead and dozens injured.
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Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Tunisia to break Gaza blockade
Departure of the flotilla from Tunisia to Gaza was delayed due to logistical issues.
Israel intensifies Gaza City destruction, bombs another high-rise tower
Israel flattens towers in Gaza City one by one, bombing residential buildings as it seeks to seize the city.
Libya’s coast guard fired upon rescue vessel searching for boat in distress
Before this attack, the Ocean Viking had rescued 87 people, including from war-torn Sudan, and was en route to Italy.
‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups
Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.
Cholera kills 40 as Sudan faces worst outbreak in years, says MSF
MSF says displacement, war and rain driving deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan as infections continue to mount.
US-made bombs used in deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza schools, HRW says
Human Rights Watch says US arms used in ‘unlawful indiscriminate’ Israeli attacks that killed Palestinian civilians.
![Palestinians salvage items from the debris of a tent which was hit in Israeli strikes a day earlier, at the UNRWA-run Abou Helou school for girls at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 17, 2025. [Eyad Baba/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/000_66ZL7NT-1754552421.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
More than 100 NGOs warn Israel’s forced ‘mass starvation’ stalks all Gaza
Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says 111 people have now died from famine and malnutrition in recent weeks.
Charities urge shutdown of US- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group
‘This is not a humanitarian response,’ say 130 NGOs calling for UN to take over distribution of humanitarian aid.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to launch aid deliveries despite losing chief
UN and major humanitarian organisations have raised concerns about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
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