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NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked World Trade Organisation (WTO) to allow India to export foodgrains from its public stockholding to nations which are facing food crisis.

The United Nations has been forced to move humanitarian aid and workers across Haiti by air and ship because gang violence has become so bad in the capital Port-au-Prince, an aid official said on Tuesday.

A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis

Tenth of world’s population now chronically undernourished, with spectre of widespread famine drawing ever closer, warns report

The World Food Programme said it has further reduced rations in Yemen, where millions face hunger, due to critical funding gaps, global inflation and knock-on effects of the Ukraine conflict.

Relief organizations operating in Yemen’s Marib governorate, which is hosting the largest gathering of refugees, are being accused of bias and a lack of transparency with calls urging them to switch partners over what was labeled as “grave and continued conduct violations.” A local official held those organizations responsible for…

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that the first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul.

Health ministry says aid has begun to arrive to the area affected by earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people.

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…