Alejandra Agudo

A group of extremists unsuccessfully tried to block trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing, on the border with the south of the Palestinian enclave

The documentary’s directors, Palestinian Basel Adra and Israeli Yuval Abraham, invite journalists and activists to visit the site, but Israeli soldiers blocked access ‘to prevent unrest’

At least 31 people have died at one of the aid distribution sites in attacks attributed to Israel. The army denies shooting civilians, while the Red Cross reports dozens of people admitted with gunshot wounds at its field hospital

Three of the four distribution points run by the private foundation operating outside the UN system are located in the south — precisely where Netanyahu has been attempting for months to displace the population in order to ‘conquer Gaza’

Soldiers fired on hungry Palestinians seeking food, killing and injuring dozens of people as Netanyahu government claims to have killed Hamas leader in the Strip

The head of the UN children’s agency warns of a critical moment, due to more global conflicts and fewer resources for humanitarian assistance

The U.N. reports that in 2023, four out of 10 war fatalities were women, as civilian casualties surged due to conflicts like the Gaza offensive

The prime minister of 20 years managed to boost the economy of one of the world’s poorest countries while cracking down on critics. The violent repression of student protests precipitated her downfall

There are up to 56 active conflicts across the globe, with an increasingly international component: 92 countries are involved in wars outside their borders

Jamila Rasheed, 68, left the Strip for Spain to live with one of her children on a short-term visa. Her home in Nuseirat was destroyed in a bombing days after her departure

The Bolivian activist, writer and popular educator calls for better coordination among global women’s movements in order to confront a ‘patriarchy that presents itself in the form of fascist groups’

The injection not only interrupts the transmission of the virus, which kills on average 50% of those who become infected, but also increases the survival rate among those who had already been infected before receiving the dose, according to research by Doctors Without Borders published in ‘The Lancet’

Lola Castro, director of the U.N. World Food Program in Latin America and the Caribbean, calls for an urgent increase in climate funds and debt swapping to devote resources to adaptation and mitigation

The ecologist Lélia Wanick shares her passion and fear for the future of the tropical forest with EL PAÍS, after receiving the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. Alongside her husband — the photographer Sebastião Salgado — she reforested more than 1,700 acres of land in her native Brazil

In touristy Dominican Republic, over 4,000 tons of waste are unloaded every day in the Duquesa garbage dump

The sex trafficking of girls and young women for prostitution in the Caribbean country is a deep-rooted problem. Training them so that they do not fall victim to prostitution rings and raising awareness in the tourism sector are ways to prevent it. But new legislation to adapt the law to fight new types of criminality remains stalled

Early pregnancies and marriage are weighing down on the future of young women in the Caribbean country. At least 20% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are mothers. In addition to dealing with health risks, more than half of these young mother are forced to abandon their studies

Mayors from around the world gathered in London to share public health strategies at the Summit of the Alliance of Healthy Cities: ‘There are lives that can be saved’

More than 84% of products are tossed directly in the trash without even being cooked, a problem that is also increasing pressure on climate, water, and land resources

Save the Children report calls on government to take “emergency measures” Almost a third of Spanish children are now at risk

NGOs are campaigning to put sexual and reproductive rights on agenda for development goal talks Led by Amnesty International, the groups cite changes to Spain's abortion law as retrograde

Increasing numbers of attacks against NGOs have reopened debates about safety

A network of charity-run centers was set up to combat the 1980s heroin epidemic, but government cuts could see the Spanish system fall apart

The boys, aged 11 and two, are currently in a juvenile center in Toledo as parents face police complaint