355 Dead, 3K Sick in Syria Chemical Attack: Aid Group
While the Syrian government and rebels argue over who is using chemical weapons on whom , and the US government weighs what, if anything, it should do about it, Doctors Without Borders (AKA Medecins...
View ArticleRice Stampede Kills Typhoon Survivors
Relief operations have been stepped up in the Philippines but the situation remains desperate for large numbers of people in areas ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan. In the worst-hit region, eight people were...
View ArticleScale of Ebola Epidemic 'Unprecedented'
The scale of the Ebola epidemic that has now killed at least 80 people in Guinea is "unprecedented," according to Doctors Without Borders. "We are facing an epidemic of a magnitude never before seen in...
View ArticleWorld 'Losing' Ebola Battle: Doctors Without Borders
The picture of Ebola in West Africa is apocalyptic: Infected bodies decompose in the street, 150 health workers have died, overflowing clinics turn away the sick, to say nothing of food shortages and...
View ArticleUS Story About Hospital Airstrike Changes Yet Again
Details continue to emerge about Saturday's bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, with the US military commander in Afghanistan testifying Tuesday that it was due to US...
View ArticleDoctors Without Borders Hospital Hit; 4 Dead
The aid group Doctors Without Borders says a projectile from an unknown source has hit a hospital it supports in Yemen's northern Saada province, killing four and injuring 10. The group, known as MSF,...
View ArticleAnother MSF Hospital Hit in Airstrike; at Least 6 Dead
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in northern Yemen on Monday, reports the AFP , killing at least six and wounding 20. The group, known by the French...
View ArticleNo More Hospitals in East Aleppo After 'Catastrophic Day'
On Friday, airstrikes led by Russia and the Syrian government, ostensibly meant to target rebel-held areas in Aleppo, caused enough damage to force four hospitals in the city to close, the Guardian...
View Article'Staggering' Numbers From MSF on Rohingya Killings
Doctors Without Borders' field survey has found at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a crackdown by Myanmar's security forces, reports the AP . The group, known...
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