Topic: War and conflict
No fuel, no aid, no escape: UN agencies warn of looming collapse in Gaza
News / 14th July 2025The fuel crisis in Gaza has reached a breaking point, threatening to bring all humanitarian operations to a halt and endangering the lives of everyone reliant on aid inside the enclave, UN agencies warned in a powerful joint statement.
Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
News / 30th May 2025Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy has warned the Security Council.
‘Children are being starved by design’: all of Gaza faces hunger crisis due to Israeli siege
Article / 13th May 2025New data shows the total Israeli siege that's now in its third month has made Gaza's already dire hunger crisis worse, leaving the entire Palestinian enclave in emergency conditions.
US led ‘unprecedented’ surge in global military spending in 2024
Blog / 30th April 2025Military spending worldwide soared to $2.718 trillion last year, meaning it "has increased every year for a full decade, going up by 37% between 2015 and 2024," according to an annual report released this week.
Gaza is burning. UK NGOs must abandon failed diplomacy and fight back
Blog / 29th April 2025Only legal action, protests and public pressure will convince Britain’s government to end its complicity in genocide, writes Nick Dearden and Shaista Aziz.
Sudan faces worsening humanitarian catastrophe as famine and conflict escalate: UN experts
News / 22nd April 2025As the conflict in Sudan reaches the two-year mark, UN human rights experts raised alarm that widespread starvation and a distressing surge in acute malnutrition are unfolding.
Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) 2025
Blog / 22nd April 2025The Global Day of Action on Military Spending demands our governments shift from war spending to real security: disarmament, human rights, and climate justice. Visit GDAMS and join the call to #DefundMilitarism.
‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month
News / 8th April 2025One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated dangerously.
Stopping Israel’s war in Gaza
Article / 24th March 2025On 18 March, Israel resumed bombing Gaza, upending a two-month ceasefire. Returning to war promises little but more death and destruction, explains the International Crisis Group.
Famine spreading amid 'unprecedented' humanitarian crisis in Sudan: UN
News / 7th January 2025Multiple U.N. leaders addressing the UN Security Council have urged action to tackle the spiraling humanitarian crisis unfolding in war-torn Sudan, which has contributed to roughly half of the country facing acute food insecurity.