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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/19/2022 7:09:53 PM
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Thursday the latest military and humanitarian developments in the Ukrainian crisis with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in a telephone call, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.
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World
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Region
5/18/2022 7:43:54 PM
Sweeping US sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation, a United Nations special envoy said Wednesday.
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World
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Africa
5/14/2022 8:01:27 PM
A top United Nations humanitarian official has raised concern about people going hungry in a remote part of northern Kenya, joining calls for the international community to commit more resources to address the wider region's drought crisis.
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World
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International
5/9/2022 3:03:55 PM
Norway has slammed the latest Afghan Taliban edict demanding women cover up head to toe in public and warned that Afghanistan's new rulers are ``steering the country toward a humanitarian, economic and human rights catastrophe.''
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
5/5/2022 4:44:55 PM
War-ravaged Ukraine received pledges for $6.5 billion more in humanitarian aid Thursday at an international donor's conference in Warsaw that sought to get Ukrainians urgent help while still planning for the country's post-war reconstruction.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/5/2022 3:43:00 PM
Poland and Sweden are co-hosting an international donors' conference on Thursday in Warsaw to raise funds for humanitarian efforts to help war-torn Ukraine, where thousands have been killed, cities devastated and millions of people displaced by Russia's attack.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/4/2022 10:16:36 PM
Russia said its forces would cease fire at the Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and open a humanitarian corridor for civilians for three days beginning Thursday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/3/2022 2:58:56 PM
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday another £300 million ($376 mn, 358 mn euros) in UK military aid for Ukraine.
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World
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Region
5/1/2022 2:10:21 PM
The United Nations has warned of a "worsening" humanitarian situation in Yemen but said a fragile two-month truce since early April could help reverse the situation
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/30/2022 11:31:00 PM
Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram.
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World
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Africa
4/28/2022 4:02:10 PM
The Counter-Terrorism Watch at the Forum for Development and Human Rights Dialogue (FDHRD) issued on Thursday a new report entitled “Human Security in the African Sahel: Climate Change and Terrorism”.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
4/28/2022 11:03:58 AM
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show Russian fire is intensifying on a steel mill that is the last Ukrainian-held area in the city of Mariupol.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/20/2022 9:33:37 PM
About 1,000 civilians are trapped at a steel mill in Mariupol along with Ukrainian soldiers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/19/2022 6:57:16 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for a four-day ``humanitarian pause'' in fighting in Ukraine, starting Thursday to coincide with Orthodox Christians' Holy Week observances.
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World
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Africa
4/19/2022 6:41:16 PM
Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the UN warned Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
4/14/2022 8:47:05 PM
New aid convoys were in or on their way to Ethiopia's conflict-ravaged Tigray region Thursday, humanitarian agencies said, the latest deliveries to take advantage of a truce between the country's warring sides.
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World
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Region
4/12/2022 10:40:37 AM
The wheat fields of northern Yemen stretch into the distance but they aren't enough to nourish a country where millions go hungry.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/11/2022 5:51:25 PM
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer met Vladimir Putin on Monday, the first European leader to visit the Russian president since the start of Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/7/2022 11:10:37 PM
The United Nations' humanitarian chief said Thursday he's not optimistic about securing a ceasefire to halt the fighting in Ukraine, following high-level talks in Moscow and Kyiv that underscored how far apart the two sides are.
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World
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Region
4/6/2022 3:15:02 PM
Yemen's humanitarian conditions are deteriorating significantly, and the country is “teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe” due to the hunger crisis, said UN agency chiefs last week.
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