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On the Brink

Georgina Gustin / Inside Climate News Dec 21, 2022 Climate change-induced drought is exposing cracks in the global food system and overwhelming humanitarian aid. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

Almost a Quarter of a Million People Have Died in the Syrian Conflict

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 9, 2015 An activist group says 71,781 civilian deaths have been recorded in Syria’s devastating conflict, which began in March 2011, and 11,964 of those killed were children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.N. Report: Palestinian Death Toll in 2014 Highest Since 1967

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Mar 28, 2015 An annual U.N. report states that last year, more than 2,300 Palestinians were killed and more than 17,000 injured at the hands of Israel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Exploring ‘Full Range of Options’ on Libya

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 President Obama took a moment Thursday, during a news conference at the White House with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, to discuss the crisis in Libya and to indicate somewhat vaguely that he's exploring "every option that's out there" in terms of the U.S.' possible responses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flotilla Raid Deemed Legal

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 In a result sure to spark intense debate, Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last May has been declared by a government commission to be a legal use of force for self-defense. Israeli commandos killed nine activists attempting to break the blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cholera Threatens Haiti

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2010 A cholera outbreak that has killed about 200 people in rural Haiti is threatening to spread to the capital, Port-au-Prince, potentially endangering the hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors crowded into squalid camps around the city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Haitians Protest U.N. ‘Occupation’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2010 A crowd of about 100 protesters has blocked the entrance to the UN military headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, spraying anti-U slogans on vehicles and carrying banners saying "Down with the occupation!" while news comes that U peacekeeping forces will remain in the beleaguered country for an additional year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dropping the G-Word

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2010 Seven years after a decade-long spate of violence in the Congo, a leaked U draft report on the slaughter of tens of thousands of ethnic Hutus by Rwandan soldiers tepidly says that the horrific mass killings may possibly constitute genocide . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Now Hear This: U.S. Aids Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2010 The US is providing the largest humanitarian response of any country to the devastating flooding in Pakistan, but its goodwill isn't altogether altruistic Part of the motivation is to clean up the American image in a country where 68 percent of the people have a negative view of the U . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Unloads in Egypt

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 Avoiding the kind of confrontation that led to the flotilla fiasco in May, a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship has docked and unloaded its cargo in Egypt after the Israeli navy forbid it to sail directly to Gaza. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel to Loosen Up on Gaza Blockade

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2010 Responding to mounting international pressure in the wake of its bloody raid on an aid flotilla in May, Israel announced it will ease its three-year-long blockade of the Gaza Strip, forbidding only weapons and related material. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congressman Walks Gaza, Urges Massive Aid

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2010 US Rep Brian Baird, D-Wash, has criticized the White House, Israel and even his congressional colleagues after three trips to the Gaza Strip, commenting on the lack of action by the international community and the ignorance that most U politicians have toward the plight of the Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )