Tamman Aloudat, a Syrian-Swiss doctor who runs a media outlet on the humanitarian world, 'The New Humanitarian', on May 23, 2025 in Geneva. (Mark Henley/Panos for Le Temps)

🗣Tammam Aloudat: a doctor turned media chief embracing humanitarianism head-on. Based in Geneva, the Swiss-Syrian doctor who worked for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), now runs the media outlet The New Humanitarian, which questions a sector in crisis.

🚧Saudi Arabia and Russia reportedly seek to shelve WHO action plan on climate change and health. The last minute motion was submitted by WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region on Sunday ahead of its consideration at the World Health Assembly tomorrow but is understood to have been largely spearheaded by the two nations.

🩸Opinion: what is the cost for killing humanitarians? Christopher Lockyear, MSF secretary general, describes the shock, grief and outrage following an attack on its hospital in South Sudan on 3 May and the killing of medical workers in recent weeks in Sudan and Gaza, calling for attacks on humanitarians to stop.

🇵🇸Palestinians to raise flag at WHO for the first time after vote. The vote passed on Monday, with 95 in favour, four against, and 27 abstentions, after a proposal brought to the World Health Assembly by China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and others.

🚪Head of US-backed Gaza aid group resigns, saying he will not abandon ‘principles’. Jake Wood’s decision to step down comes after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation faced criticism from the United Nations and other aid groups.