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International aid convoy sets off for Eastern Ghouta

Desperate for food and basic medicines, many of the besieged and bombarded Syrian civilians in Damascus' eastern suburbs of Ghouta waited on Monday as a 46-truck convoy organised by the United Nations and key aid agencies began entering the rebel-held enclave.

Papua New Guinea

Death toll from Papua New Guinea quake rises

The Red Cross says at least 67 people died and another 160,000 are affected.

Syria

Syria begins ground assault in Eastern Ghouta as UN aid convoys wait

No deal yet on evacuation of wounded or more aid convoys, but UNICEF says Damascus may allow a convoy with aid for 180,000 of the 400,000 civilians trapped in the region.

Syria

The UN tells the Syrian Humanitarian Task Force "You are failing"

Civilians too frightened to use five-hour daily ceasefires to flee, and window too short to allow aid to get through says UN.

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Syria

Desperate conditions in Eastern Ghouta

Euronews spoke to a local doctor and aid worker about the plight of civilians, and about their faith in prospects for desperately-needed relief.

Haiti

Haiti suspends Oxfam operations over sexual misconduct scandal

The country's minister of planning and external cooperation said Oxfam made a "serious error" by not informing Haitian authorities of the allegations.

World

The battle to provide healthcare in Central African Republic

As the conflict in CAR continues, aid workers struggle to provide healthcare to mothers and newborn babies.

World News

What the biggest aid charities will disclose about sexual abuse

Seven out of 13 aid agencies contacted by Euronews provided 2017 data on sexual harassment or abuse cases by their staff.

Tonga

Tonga survives Cyclone Gita without fatalities

Australian and New Zealand dispatch aid supplies after power and water supplies hit.

World News

Venezuela returns to medical 'stone age'

The director of the Venezuelan civil association CodeVida blames the Venezuelan government for daily deaths caused by the health crisis in the country.

USA

Salvadoreans face deportation after US ends Temporary Protected Status

Due to the US practice of granted citizenship to babies born inside the United States, there are now nearly 200,000 US citizens who were born to parents who now may face deportation.

Bangladesh

Love Army raises more than €1 million for Rohingya refugees

Campaign reaches millions on social media as French stars bid to mobilise the public.

Next Series

Finding better and quicker ways to tackle TB

Futuris' Julián López Gómez travels to Tanzania, Malawi and The Netherlands to meet those developing new ways to beat tuberculosis

Next Series

Takeaway: the battle against tuberculosis

Yemen

First food and aid arrives in Yemen after almost three-week-long blockage

A ship carrying some 5,500 tonnes of flour has docked in Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah. It's the first commercial ship to enter the port since a Saudi-led coaltion imposed an air, land and sea blockade in a bid to halt the flow of weapons into Yemen.

Yemen

'Shocking silence' surrounds situation in Yemen, IRC tells euronews

IRC Director Paolo Cernuschi says a huge humanitarian crisis looms 'of proportions [...] we've not seen in our lifetimes'.

Ukraine

No respite in east Ukraine as another war winter approaches

Fighting continues and millions suffer from forgotten conflict in Europe’s east

World

NGOs scale up humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees

There are now some one million Rohingya living in one of the poorest countries in the world - and the arrivals haven't stopped. NGOs have sharpened their strategies to assist refugees in case of mass

Global Japan

Helping refugees help themselves

In this edition of Global Japan, we travel to the Syrian refugee camp of Zaatari in Jordan, the 5th largest in the world.

World

Undocumented Afghan refugees get a chance at school in Iran

A milestone decree sees Iran open its schools to all refugee children, even the undocumented ones