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United Kingdom

Britain and Saudi Arabia move closer to a multi-billion euro arms deal

But campaigners are outraged that Britain is selling arms to Saudi Arabia while it is waging a brutal war in Yemen.

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

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.

Syria

Call for 'steps on the ground' in eastern Ghouta

Air strikes by the Syrian government on the rebel-held enclave are reported to have continued despite a ceasefire resolution passed by the UN Security Council.

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World News

No surgical supplies, no water: shortages cripple Venezuelan hospital

With the Venezuelan government in a state of denial about the country's crippling healthcare crisis, patients and doctors are left to fend for themselves. "We even had to bring the gloves and the doctor's hat" - one woman described her partner's harrowing hospital stay to Euronews.

Yemen

Yemen suffers deadly strikes as Russia calls for dialogue

Amid fresh violence in Yemen, Russia calls for dialogue to resolve what the UN says is currently 'the worst man-made humanitarian crisis'.

World

DRC's Kasai conflict: the humanitarian challenge of displaced and returnees

Thousands of people have been killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai region since 2016, according to UN estimates.

Syria

Aid agencies warn of humanitarian crisis of besieged Syrians

Charity officials working on the outskirts of Damascus have warned that humanitarian conditions have reached crisis levels as the Syrian government continues to block trucks carrying relief supplies from reaching badly effected areas.

World

Another winter for war-torn eastern Ukraine

Aid Zone takes us to the frontline in Ukraine, where four million people are in need of humanitarian aid.

World News

Yemen's deadly civil war takes an unexpected turn

Former President Saleh and the Houthi rebels, once allies against the Saudi-led coalition, have taken to fighting each other. Saleh says that he's ready for a "new page" with the Saudis. Meanwhile, civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict.

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.

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'.

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

Papua New Guinea

Australian refugee detention centre being dismantled

Refugees refused to leave the Manus Island camp two weeks ago, despite power and water being cut off

Yemen

Yemen's unfathomable famine

More than 2 million children in the war-torn country are malnourished, and almost 400,000 of them are so skeletal they require treatment to stay alive.

Syria

A chemical attack, now starvation: siege chokes Damascus suburbs

The UN says at least 1,200 children suffer from malnutrition in rebel-held eastern Ghouta, under siege by government forces since 2013.

World

Rohingya crisis deepens in Bangladesh

Thousands more Rohingyas arrive in Bangladesh as they flee "ethnic cleansing" in neighbouring Myanmar.

France

French MEPs shower while clothed to demonstrate plight of Calais migrants

Green politicians send message to French government from the bathroom.

World

Pre-paid debit cards for refugees in Turkey

The EU cash based programme allows refugees to make purchases for food and other essential items

Myanmar

Euroviews. View: Despite the headlines, the world is not doing enough for the Rohingya

Children are on the frontline of this crisis and they need help urgently, writes Mike Novell