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Save the Children Fund expelled from Pakistan

The doors to the Save the Children Fund offices have been locked in Pakistan and the charity’s work stopped. Police took the action in Islamabad

Europe News

EU boosts CAR aid

The EU is to increase financial aid to the Central African Republic, officials said on Tuesday. The European Commission announced an extra 72 million

Nepal

One month after the quake Nepal waits in vain for salvation

It is a month since an earthquake shattered Nepal, but it seems like an eternity for the survivors. Fear still runs high of more tremors, and there

Yemen

Five-day humanitarian truce expires in Yemen

As a special conference on the Yemen crisis opened in Riyadh, there were reports that a Saudi-led coalition force had resumed air strikes against

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Yemen

UNHCR aid shipment arrives in Yemen despite continued fighting

Clashes continued in Yemen on Saturday (May 16) between Houthi rebels and fighters loyal to the country’s exiled president despite a five-day truce

Nepal

Nepal rescue operation focuses on mountains after latest earthquake

Nepal has again been plunged into trauma after the latest fatal earthquake on Tuesday. A mountainous area east of the capital Kathmandu is the worst

Nepal

Nepal says aid supplies helping country 'gradually become normal' after quake

Nepalese authorities say humanitarian operations are being strengthened and aid is getting through to areas hardest hit by the earthquake ten days

Yemen

Saudi Arabia considers truce to allow humanitarian aid in Yemen

Saudi Arabia says it is consulting coalition partners about a possible truce in Yemen to allow humanitarian aid to get through. But on Monday its

Europe News

EU boosts Nepal aid to nearly 23 million euros

The European Commission agreed on Monday to boost its aid to Nepal by 16.6 million euros. That’s nearly quadruple the original commitment of 6

Nepal

Nepal quake: fears grow about health of survivors

Fears are growing about the health of those who survived Nepal’s devastating earthquake. With scores of homes destroyed, thousands of people are

Nepal

Woman and teenage boy rescued five days after Nepal quake

Five days after Nepal’s earthquake, a double miracle has occurred. A young woman has been pulled from the rubble in Kathmandu just hours after a

Nepal

UN appeals for millions to tackle Nepal earthquake disaster

International aid continues to arrive in Nepal following Saturday’s devastating earthquake. But the needs are vast and the UN is appealing for

Nepal

Nepal: Miracle rescues of teenager and baby bring joy amid earthquake tragedy

After five days under the rubble of Nepal’s earthquake, a teenager has been pulled out alive. Hopes were fading of finding more survivors after

Nepal

Providing post-disaster relief: euronews speaks to Handicap International in Nepal

Following the devastation caused by the Nepal earthquake, euronews spoke to Handicap International, to find out more about the rescue efforts in the

Nepal

Nepal death toll rises: UN announces 8 million affected by earthquake

A race against time in the search for survivors: as the death toll rises, the UN announces eight million people are affected by the Nepal earthquake.

Nepal

Nepal earthquake disaster: Who is donating what?

Nepal’s government has struggled in the wake of the country’s worst earthquake in nearly a century, and its officials have been largely absent from

Nepal

Nepal earthquake: Kathmandu's Bir Hospital full to overflowing

Kathmandu’s Bir Hospital is full to overflowing following Saturday’s (April 25) deadly earthquake. Reports suggest between 7,000 and 8,000 people

Nepal

Nepal quake: emergency workers begin delivering aid to remote areas

More than 48 hours after Nepal’s deadly earthquake, aid workers are starting to reach remote areas outside Kathmandu. An Indian team has flown in by

Europe News

Amnesty says EU "negligent" in migrant tragedy

Amnesty International blames the crisis on the end of Italy's Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation is to blame for dramatic increase in number of migrant deaths.

Italy

Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015

A dire warning has been issued as survivors of Sunday’s shipwreck arrived in Sicily, after a disaster that left up to 900 people dead. It is feared