Dan Rowe was among the volunteers repairing public water systems damaged by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica in October. A project leader for Veolia North America, Rowe, who helps…
Read more Long Island Veolia staffer helps restore water safety in Jamaica | Long Island Business NewsScreenshot of a video published by Santiago de Cuba Catholic Priest Leandro NaungHung (right) showing the needs of his congregation in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Leandro NaungHung,…
Read more Images after Hurricane Melissa expose Cuba’s descent into extreme povertyKyiv, Ukraine If politics makes strange bedfellows, war sometimes makes strange career paths. In her 20s, Iryna Terekh was a “very artsy” architect who viewed the arms industry…
Read more Opinion | The Brains Behind Ukraine’s Pink Flamingo Cruise MissileSALEM — The city of Salem’s Food Policy Council and the Salem Children’s Alliance have partnered with the Salem YMCA to make donated grocery store gift cards available…
Read more Grocery gift cards at Salem Y available to residents losing SNAP benefitsGermany will provide another €52.6 million ($60.8 million) in humanitarian aid to Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on a surprise visit to Damascus on…
Read more German minister pledges further aid to region on visit to DamascusTens of thousands of displaced Palestinians who lack shelter or a home to return to after Israel destroyed their residences across Gaza are pitching tents in graveyards as…
Read more Graveyards are now last option shelters in Gaza for Palestinians amid ruinsThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said Israel has a legal obligation to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by the UN and…
Read more UN’s top court says Israel obliged to allow UN aid into GazaIsrael must allow the United Nations’ aid agency to deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza, the International Court of Justice said Wednesday, labeling the country as an occupying power.…
Read more U.N. Court Says Israel Must Allow Unrwa Aid Into GazaTEL AVIV—Israel conducted dozens of airstrikes across Gaza on Sunday and halted humanitarian aid into the enclave after it accused Hamas of killing troops inside Israeli-controlled areas in…
Read more Israel Hits Dozens of Targets in Gaza After Saying Hamas Killed Troops in AttackThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced millions, scattering families across the country and abroad. For many, heavy fighting in the east means crowded shelters, borrowed beds and…
Read more US developer builds homes for displaced Ukrainians, offering hope despite war and crisisTEL AVIV—Israel and Hamas on Tuesday accused each other of violating the cease-fire that was part of the deal that released all 20 living hostages from Gaza, with…
Read more Israel, Hamas Trade Accusations of Cease-Fire ViolationsHamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the territory, killed tens…
Read more Hamas releases all 20 remaining living hostages as part of Gaza ceasefireHamas released seven hostages into the custody of the Red Cross on Monday, the first to be released as part of a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of…
Read more Israel prepares to welcome the last living hostages from GazaHamas police are re-emerging on the streets of Gaza, and tens of thousands of Palestinians are returning to their homes following the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the…
Read more Hamas Re-Emerges in Gaza as Palestinians Return to Their HomesThe Israeli Navy has intercepted another flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists attempting to deliver aid to Gaza, according to the organizers. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to…
Read more Israel intercepts new pro-Palestinian aid flotilla bound for GazaActivists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to sail to the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian aid, said on Friday that the Israeli Navy had intercepted the last…
Read more Israeli Navy intercepts last boat from Gaza aid flotillaThe Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it had prevented the Global Sumud Flotilla from breaking through the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, despite contradictory claims from…
Read more Israel says Gaza flotilla halted completely as activists hail successOrganizers of the pro-Palestinian flotilla hoping to carry aid to Gaza said that Israel attacked them with “flash bombs, explosive flares, and suspected chemicals” as it approached the…
Read more Gaza aid flotilla targeted by drones and explosions, activists sayThe UN vehicles were reportedly stolen, and terrorists placed sandbags on the route to prevent new attempts to deliver aid. Hamas prevented the opening of anew humanitarian route…
Read more COGAT accuses Hamas of opening fire on UN vehicles, preventing new UN aid routeA video of fishing vessels setting sail in northern China has been falsely shared in posts claiming it shows a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists to…
Read more Video shows China fishing boats, not Gaza aid flotilla