Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Davao Oriental, triggers widespread panic and damage
DAVAO ORIENTAL, 10 October 2025 — A powerful magnitude 7.4 tectonic earthquake struck offshore Davao Oriental at 9:43 a.m. (PHT) on Friday, sending thousands of residents fleeing from schools, malls, offices, and homes. The quake, initially recorded as magnitude 7.6, had its epicenter in Manay, Davao Oriental, at a depth of 58 kilometers. Shaking was [...]
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Over a month after Afghanistan earthquake, 90% of families still have no proper shelter as freezing winter approaches
Over a month since deadly earthquakes devastated villages in eastern Afghanistan, thousands of survivors are still homeless and sleeping out in the open without proper shelter as the bitterly cold winter approaches, Islamic Relief is warning. Latest assessments show that 90% of survivors in rural Kunar province are still without proper shelter, leaving them extremely [...]
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Pakistan faces rising hunger threat as floods decimate food production, Islamic Relief warns
A hunger crisis is looming in Pakistan as recent floods have decimated food production in Punjab province, a main breadbasket region which produces around 50% of the country's staple crops of rice, Maize, sugar cane and cotton. Islamic Relief is warning the destruction is likely to threaten at least two crop cycles, leading to severe [...]
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Gaza 2 years on: The massacre continues
October marks 2 years of Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza. That we’ve reached this grim milestone is testimony to the complicity of world leaders who have failed to stop the daily war crimes being carried out on Gaza. More than 66,288 people have been killed – including some 20,000 children – and over 169,165 injured [...]
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Afghanistan struggling to cope with world’s biggest influx of people this year
Nearly 3 million* people have crossed into Afghanistan so far this year, the world’s biggest cross-border migration of people, increasing the country’s population by 6.5% in just nine months. The massive influx with between 10,000-15,000 people now arriving every day is placing massive strain on resources in one of the world’s poorest countries, which is overwhelmed [...]
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UNGA 80: Yemen’s humanitarian crisis must not be forgotten
Monday 22 September 2025 - As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th UN General Assembly, we, the undersigned humanitarian organizations working in Yemen, urge urgent and decisive action to address the worsening crisis in Yemen threatening to push millions of families past the brink of catastrophe. Yemen’s crisis has stripped people down to [...]
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