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Nearly 300 rescued migrants reach southern Italian port

Nearly 300 migrants have disembarked in the southern Italian port of Taranto after their rescue at sea in five different operations by the crew of a humanitarian vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders. About half of the 293 rescued passengers on ...

22 Oct 2022 at 17:33

Earthquake death toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts go on in Turkey and Syria

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Earthquake death toll approaches 5,000 as rescue efforts continue

The death toll from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks rose to more than 5,000 on Tuesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings. Turkey’s vice president, Fuat Oktay, said the total number of deaths in ...

07 Feb 2023 at 09:05

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Tuberculosis infected eight million people last year – most WHO has ever tracked

More than eight million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organisation has said, the highest number recorded since the UN health agency began keeping track. About 1.25 million people died of TB last year, the ...

30 Oct 2024 at 07:46

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Aid groups scramble to help as Israel-Hamas war intensifies

Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and Hamas — efforts that are being complicated by an intensified blockade of Gaza and ongoing fighting. Two days after Hamas’ unprecedented attack, ...

10 Oct 2023 at 11:32

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DR Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, an army spokesman said. Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 ...

13 Jan 2025 at 08:18

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Violence-ravaged northern Nigeria battles new war against child malnutrition

Gunmen attacked Halima Musa’s village in Nigeria four years ago, killing her husband and one of their seven children. The family fled to the safety of a camp for displaced people, but now they are hungry. “It’s been more than one ...

10 Jul 2022 at 11:19

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All-Star cast of Donegal musicians unite for Doctors without Borders

A new album due to be released later this month will do its bit for charity as well as presenting a selection of top-class traditional and folk musicians and singers from Donegal. The Healing Hands CD will be launched on Sunday, ...

12 Jul 2023 at 11:33

Alarm as fewer young people protected against meningitis

Health officials have warned that some young people are at risk of potentially deadly meningitis and blood poisoning after a fall in vaccine coverage among teenagers. Uptake of the jab that protects against the bacteria which ...

24 Apr 2023 at 08:16

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Aid groups call on Israel to end ‘weaponisation’ of aid in Gaza

More than 100 non-profit groups have warned that Israel’s rules for aid groups in Gaza and the occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace organisations with those that serve Israel’s political and military ...

14 Aug 2025 at 12:52

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