Asia

• Gaza: infant dies of hypothermia in terrible weather 18 December 2025
  A humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Gaza as a Palestinian infant has died from hypothermia amid severe winter conditions and ongoing restrictions on aid. Local health officials reported that two-week-old Mohammed Khalil Abu al-Khair succumbed to extreme cold after families were left without adequate shelter, heating, clothing, or fuel. Israel’s…
• Afghanistan: hunger crisis deepens as aid funding falls short 18 December 2025
  Afghanistan is facing an escalating humanitarian emergency, as the World Food Programme has warned it cannot mount an effective winter response for the first time in decades. International aid has sharply declined since 2021, following the Taliban’s return to power, and has been further strained by earthquakes and other natural…
• Thailand: life in limbo for Myanmar refugees as aid dries up 18 December 2025
  Refugees living in camps along the Thai–Myanmar border are facing a deepening humanitarian crisis as food and medical aid is sharply reduced, even as they gain the long-denied right to work legally outside the camps. Decades-old assistance systems have been disrupted by Donald Trump’s major cuts to USAID and other…
• Thailand / Cambodia: more than half a million displaced by renewed fighting 11 December 2025
  Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has escalated into a third consecutive day of violence, forcing more than half a million civilians to flee their homes. Both governments accuse each other of reigniting the conflict, which has already killed soldiers and civilians and triggered mass evacuations from border provinces. Reports describe…
• Indonesia: millions affected by catastrophic floods, over 600 deaths 4 December 2025
  Indonesia is facing a mounting humanitarian emergency after catastrophic floods killed at least 631 people and left nearly 500 missing, with rescue teams still struggling to reach isolated communities. Triggered by a rare cyclone over the Malacca Strait, the disaster has affected some 1.5 million people across Aceh, North Sumatra,…