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Idlib residents are worried that more poverty – and hunger – is on its way if a vital border crossing is closed.

Children starving to death ‘before our eyes’ say aid workers as G7 leaders warned only ‘massive’ and urgent funding will avert famine

The Iran-backed Houthi militias have set new conditions for international humanitarian aid agencies and UN programs operating in Yemeni areas under their control, forcing the relief organizations to give up the personal data of aid beneficiaries. In the meantime, Asharq Al-Awsat uncovered documents and information from judiciary sources showing how…

Aguié’s clinic is full of malnourished children, with more dying in villages, as the global food crisis worsens years of drought

This is Naveen Patnaik’s first foreign trip in last one decade

But despotic brutality is once again pushing millions to the brink of starvation.

Unprecedented food shortages could spark riots in dozens of countries as Black Sea blockade adds to pressures, says WFP chief

More than a third of Sudan's population is currently facing acute food insecurity, the World Food Programme said on Thursday, with inadequate funds to cope.

More than a third of Sudan's population is currently facing acute food insecurity, the World Food Program said on Thursday, with inadequate funds to cope. The UN agency said that number, 15 million people, was up seven percentage points from last year, or about 3 million people.

Khartoum (AFP) - Political and economic turmoil have helped drive a third of Sudan's population towards life-threatening food shortages, and the situation is likely to worsen, the UN said on Thursday.

Colombo (AFP) - Thousands of impoverished women in Sri Lanka began receiving food aid Thursday as part of a United Nations emergency response to the island's unprecedented economic crisis.