A disaster documentary needs to be nuanced, addressing a challenging topic with sensitivity and intelligence. In an age where the media can sometimes feel exploitative when it comes to tragedy and ...

The international organization that monitors hunger crises around the world has declared that parts of Gaza are in famine. The U.N.-backed group of experts said that half a million people in Gaza, a ...

The international organization that monitors hunger crises around the world has declared that parts of Gaza are in famine. The U.N.-backed group of experts said that half a million people in Gaza, a ...

The Myanmar government's continued refusal to facilitate aid to its own people has raised a challenging question: would an invasion for "humanitarian purposes" make things better or worse? We update ...

DARJEELING: Environmentalists described the landslides in Darjeeling as a "man-made ecological disaster", the inevitable outcome of decades of deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor governance ...

When you turn on the television and see Pakistanis or Australians overwhelmed by floodwaters, do you feel more sympathy than you would for victims of ethnic conflict in Darfur? A European Journal of ...