Patricia R. Blanco

International humanitarian law expressly prohibits attacks on health centers, unless they are used to commit ‘acts harmful to the enemy.’ However, even in this case, an operation that puts the lives of civilians at risk is not lawful

Thousands of people are returning to Afghanistan after the deadline given by the Pakistani authorities to irregular immigrants expires. The situation is aggravating the fragility of a country plunged into the abyss since the return of the Taliban

Some 50,000 pregnant women live in the enclave, of whom around 5,500 will give birth during the month, which is more than 180 births per day, according to the U.N. Neither mothers nor newborns are receiving the assistance they need

The Gaza Ministry of Health says over 7,300 people have been killed, a figure questioned by Israel, the US and Germany

Twenty Palestinian journalists have died as a result of airstrikes by the Israeli army, and 50 media outlets have been destroyed or damaged.

The ambition for self-determination faces the obstacle of the impossibility of exercising total sovereignty in Gaza and the West Bank

Palestinians on the Strip have only three liters of water a day, because Israel is blocking the supplies and energy needed to keep supply and distribution facilities running

Health centers barely have any drinking water, food, medicine or beds left to care for the injured, whose numbers keep rising as a result of ongoing Israeli airstrikes

Taliban regime leaders met with NGOs to coordinate humanitarian assistance and temporarily allow women to do more work to help the affected population

More than 80% of European and East and Southeast Asian ships end up being dismantled on three Asian beaches to save costs, evading international regulations, in a process that is dangerous for the people and the environment, denounces Human Rights Watch

The educator established a school for girls in Kabul and relocated it to Rwanda in 2021 when the Taliban returned to power

The far-right spreads lies about these goals — which were agreed upon by world leaders in 2015 — in order to boycott the progressive agenda

A study by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation states that the world is experiencing an epidemic of maternal and child mortality

Only 20% of 95 states analyzed in an agency report have succeeded in reducing poverty levels since 2019, which has been exacerbated by pandemic, debt and the war in Ukraine

This South Korean priest, founder of the Caleb Mission church, has managed to save ‘more than 1,000′ people in the last 20 years. ‘Currently, there are more than 200 who have contacted us to be rescued,’ he says

Practices such as arbitrary detention, torture, or the use of artificial intelligence to control dissidents are common in most authoritarian regimes, according to activists gathered at the Oslo Freedom Forum

U.N. Special Rapporteur Michel Forst talks to EL PAÍS about his effort to protect environmentalists, who he says are facing rising attacks across the world

The extraction industry is growing and fueling the conflict between the country’s rival generals, as well as aiding Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. But much of it is being smuggled out, depriving the state of much-needed revenue

A new book delves into the intelligence methods applied by Beijing since the 1980s to influence politicians, diplomats or academics, with the aim of shaping the global perception of the Asian giant

A leak of confidential documents has revealed the scale of the prison system against the Uyghur Muslim minority

Moscow has confirmed it has used ‘new generation’ weapons in the war on Ukraine, which are capable of hitting targets at over 1,200 miles and carrying nuclear payloads

The United Nations has confirmed the deaths of 406 Ukrainian civilians, but the real figure is likely to be much higher

The Russian leader has tried to present his attack on Kyiv as an unavoidable military operation, invoking long dead history and false arguments about Russia’s modern-day neighbor

Look up any place on this map to compare the scale of the devastation from the molten rock, which now covers more than 591 hectares

The massive leak of documents known as the Pandora Papers shows the key role of tax havens for the wealthy when making property transactions in areas such as the Costa del Sol or Madrid

A campaign poster criticizing the cost to the state of foreign unaccompanied minors and the use of insults such as ‘rat’ are reminiscent of formulas used by Hitler to disseminate hate messages