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Medical evacuations begin from Syria's Eastern Ghouta

The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) said four patients have been taken to hospitals in Damascus, the first of 29 critical cases approved for medical evacuation, and that the remainder would be evacuated over the coming days.

Battle rages on for Mosul

Daesh fighters are moving house to house through holes knocked in inner walls to avoid air surveillance. It is a battle that is being fought street by street as Iraqi forces attempt to retake Mosul.

Cholera outbreak kills at least 115 in Yemen

The disease is suspected to have left some 8,500 people ill in over two weeks as hospitals struggle to cope with an influx of patients, the Red Cross says.

Red Cross says millions facing starvation in Yemen and Somalia

The world only has a "window of three to four months" to save millions in the two countries, according to the humanitarian organisation.

6 Afghan Red Cross workers killed by suspected Daesh

ICRC puts its aid operations across Afghanistan "on hold" after the attack. The ICRC employees were slain while they were carrying supplies to avalanche-hit areas in the north of Afghanistan.