Displaced Palestinians gather at a market near the rubble of destroyed buildings, including the closed humanitarian aid distribution center of UNRWA in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, 27 April 2025. (Keystone/ EPA/Haitham Imad)

🏁Is it the end of UNRWA? Interim chief announces thousands of layoffs, hints at planned Gaza exit. The planned dissolution of the UN aid agency would threaten not only Gaza and the West Bank, but also countries hosting Palestinian refugees, prompting fears of regional destabilisation.

⛑️Red Cross delivers essential medical supplies to Yemen's besieged Taiz city. A month-long siege by Iran-backed Houthi forces and clashes with the Saudi-backed government have blocked relief from entering the city and left civilians stranded.

📰Swiss government cuts support for Swissinfo. The digital media tasked with keeping Swiss citizens informed about their country while bringing coverage about Switzerland overseas will see its funding drop from CHF 18.8 million to CHF 10.5 million under a new services agreement between the government and its parent company, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, as of 1 January 2027.

⛈️Climate adaptation aid must rise tenfold: UN. A new report by the UN Environment Programme concluded that developing countries will need $305 billion a year by 2035 to cope with worsening climate impacts – almost 10 times what funding levels are currently.