https://www.scmp.com/rss/523199/feed World Food Programme: A Rome, Italy-based intergovernmental organisation, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian body, dedicated to combating global hunger and promoting food security. Its primary mission involves providing emergency food assistance, alongside technical and development aid, including school meals programmes and resilience building. Operating in over 120 countries, the WFP focuses on saving lives in crises and fostering long-term solutions to hunger.... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by US and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after US President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges for the territory’s reconstruction and tried to nudge a ceasefire forward. Residents said they were scared of neglect and deprivation, with Israel in the wake of the weekend strikes closing all crossings into their shattered territory of over 2 million people. COGAT,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3345115/gazas-recovery-was-making-progress-it-risks-being-overshadowed-another-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3345115/gazas-recovery-was-making-progress-it-risks-being-overshadowed-another-war?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:10:31 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Army helicopters rescued people stranded on rooftops and hundreds of tourists and workers were evacuated from one of the world’s biggest game reserves, as torrential rains and flooding in three countries in southern Africa killed more than 100 people, authorities said on Friday. The death toll across South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe is an accumulation after weeks of heavy rains. Weather services issued warnings that more rain was on the way, possibly bringing more destructive... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3340231/over-100-dead-torrential-rains-and-floods-across-southern-africa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3340231/over-100-dead-torrential-rains-and-floods-across-southern-africa?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:52:43 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg World leaders have called for renewed talks to halt the war in Sudan, as reports emerged of widespread atrocities in a city recently captured by the paramilitary group fighting the army-backed government. Since seizing El-Fasher in western Sudan on Sunday, the Rapid Support Forces have been accused of executing hundreds of people, while about 30,000 civilians have fled the famine-hit capital of North Darfur state. Sudan’s Deputy Commissioner of Humanitarian Aid, Mona Nour Al-Daem, said on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3330826/sudan-war-sparks-global-alarm-after-hundreds-reportedly-killed-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3330826/sudan-war-sparks-global-alarm-after-hundreds-reportedly-killed-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:55:29 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, adding its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over bodies of deceased hostages. Netanyahu’s statement came shortly after the Palestinian embassy in Egypt announced that the Rafah crossing, the main gateway for Gazans to leave and enter the enclave, would reopen on Monday for entry into Gaza. Hamas, in a statement late on Saturday, said... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3329542/rafah-crossing-between-gaza-and-egypt-will-stay-closed-israeli-pm-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3329542/rafah-crossing-between-gaza-and-egypt-will-stay-closed-israeli-pm-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:53:48 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of one more hostage on Friday night, after insisting it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza’s ruins after two years of war. “Israel received, via the Red Cross, the coffin of a deceased hostage who was returned” to its security forces in Gaza and would be identified at a medical analysis centre in Israel, the prime minister’s office said in a statement. Under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3329486/hamas-sends-israel-another-hostages-body-vows-return-rest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3329486/hamas-sends-israel-another-hostages-body-vows-return-rest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:43:49 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse International agencies were preparing on Saturday to pour aid into Gaza, hopeful that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will allow them to put an end to the famine haunting parts of the territory. But optimism was marked with caution. The fragile truce could open access, but aid agencies fear Israel may continue to impose restrictions on access under US President Donald Trump’s plan. Logistical hurdles were far from the mind of displaced father Marwan al-Madhun. The 34-year-old just wanted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3328650/global-agencies-hope-israel-hamas-truce-hold-prepare-send-aid-gaza?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3328650/global-agencies-hope-israel-hamas-truce-hold-prepare-send-aid-gaza?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:23:25 +0000 CNA CNA Singapore will reconsider its position on recognising a Palestinian state if the situation continues to deteriorate, or if Israel takes further steps to extinguish a two-state solution, Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan has said. Singapore has always supported a negotiated two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. “We will recognise the State of Palestine when it has an effective government that accepts Israel’s right to exist and categorically renounces terrorism,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3326369/singapore-may-recognise-palestinian-state-only-under-certain-conditions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3326369/singapore-may-recognise-palestinian-state-only-under-certain-conditions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:40:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters Rescuers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan’s earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling resources. Search operations continued in the quake-hit mountainous eastern areas, the Taliban administration said, announcing a new death toll of 2,205 with at least 3,640 people injured. “Everything we had has been destroyed,” said Aalem Jan, whose house in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3324380/afghan-earthquake-deaths-top-2200-survivors-face-aid-crunch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3324380/afghan-earthquake-deaths-top-2200-survivors-face-aid-crunch?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:25:06 +0000