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World
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Africa
3/10/2023 5:53:35 PM
Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are "staring death in the eyes" from catastrophic hunger, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/7/2023 8:39:21 PM
Ukraine on Tuesday appealed for international efforts to keep open Black Sea shipping lanes used to carry millions of tonnes of grain to African nations.
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World
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Region
2/26/2023 9:27:59 PM
At least 22 Syrian migrants detained for more than five months in Libya began a hunger strike Monday to demand their release, a Libyan rights group said.
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World
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Africa
2/22/2023 8:05:07 PM
Trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are now worse than they were during the 2011 drought in which at least a quarter-million people died, a climate center said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
2/14/2023 10:59:16 AM
Among the rubble, hundreds of thousands of homeless people face cold and hunger as authorities in Turkey and Syria tackle the dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 35,000 dead.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/4/2023 11:50:17 AM
Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/27/2023 5:05:46 PM
The World Food Programme warned on Friday that hunger rates in Syria have soared to record highs after more than a decade of devastating conflict.
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Business
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Economy
1/26/2023 1:46:03 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announced it is committing $10 billion over the next five years to reinforce Africa’s efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the rest of the world.
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World
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Africa
1/24/2023 11:31:59 PM
After five consecutive below-average rains, the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa is expanding and deepening, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned.
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Sports
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World
1/20/2023 3:54:50 PM
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must dig deep to match Arsenal's hunger as they battle to close the gap on the Premier League leaders.
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World
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International
12/25/2022 12:00:05 PM
The US has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, saying the ban will disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions.
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World
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Africa
12/25/2022 10:58:05 AM
Few in the giant displacement camps north of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are enjoying the feasting and festivities they usually reserve for Christmas.
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World
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International
12/14/2022 6:23:46 PM
Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili announced a new hunger strike Wednesday after authorities didn't ensure a video link between the hospital where he is being held and his court hearing.
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World
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Region
11/29/2022 7:37:40 PM
A Belgian aid worker detained in Iran is on a hunger strike over the "inhuman" treatment by his captors, his family said on Tuesday, expressing worries about his failing health.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
11/15/2022 7:33:38 PM
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah's sister Mona Seif announced that the Egyptian activist has sent his family and lawyer a letter on Tuesday in which he reportedly stated that he broke his months-long hunger strike on Monday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
11/14/2022 6:22:32 PM
A letter written by jailed Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Saturday and handed on Monday to his mother, Laila Soueif, says that he started to drink water Saturday, Khaled Ali, his lawyer, and his family said on Monday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/13/2022 12:48:13 PM
Ukraine's president vowed to keep pushing Russian forces out of his country after they withdrew from Kherson, leaving behind devastation, hunger and booby traps in the southern Ukrainian city.
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COP27
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Focus
11/12/2022 9:11:57 PM
Improving cold chains in the production and distribution of food in the developing world is "essential" in fighting climate change and world hunger, said a UN report issued Saturday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/12/2022 10:08:15 AM
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pressed Southeast Asian countries for political and material support in his county's fight against Russia while accusing Moscow on Saturday of playing ``hunger games'' with the world by holding up shipments of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
11/11/2022 12:03:06 AM
Medical examination of Egyptian inmate Alaa Abdel-Fattah has shown normal results, which indicate that his reported hunger and water strike is “questionable,” the Egyptian Public Prosecution said in a statement on Thursday.
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