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‘A Region Unraveling’: Strikes Persist Across Lebanon and Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens

April 6, 2026 • 13:45 UTC WNS News Desk 9 min read displacement, famine, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, humanitarian aid, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East crisis, UN

Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza continue to claim civilian lives as the Middle East conflict enters its second month. The UN reports rising humanitarian needs, strained infrastructure, and growing global economic impacts.

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Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued Iranian sailors as regional fallout from US submarine attack widens

March 8, 2026 • 11:17 UTC Akhtar Badana 8 min read Colombo, Galle, humanitarian aid, Indian Ocean, Iran, Iranian sailors, IRIS Bushehr, IRIS Dena, Sri Lanka, US submarine

A Sri Lankan hospital has released 22 Iranian sailors rescued after their warship IRIS Dena was sunk by a US submarine, as Colombo navigates a humanitarian and diplomatic balancing act amid the widening US-Israeli conflict with Iran.