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U.N. approves mission to shore up Yemen truce at key port of Hodeida
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved Wednesday the deployment to Yemen of up to 75 monitors in a new mission to shore up a fragile cease-fire and oversee a pullback of forces from the flash-point port of Hodeida. The observer mission was agreed during talks ...
Backed by Saudi air support, Yemen troops advance deeper into Houthi rebel-held Hodeida
Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi-led coalition warplanes advanced inside rebel-held Hodeida Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians bracing for fighting in the streets of the Red Sea port city. After a week of intense battles with the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents on the outskirts ...
The number of people suffering from hunger is rising, in large part because of conflict and climate change.
Microsoft, Amazon, Google join fight to prevent famine, tap AI tech
Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and Google are joining forces with international organizations to help identify and head off famines in developing nations using data analysis and artificial intelligence, a new initiative unveiled Sunday. Rather than waiting to respond to a famine after many lives already ...
More than 5 million children are at risk of famine in Yemen as the ongoing war causes food and fuel prices to soar across the country, charity Save the Children warned Wednesday. Disruption to supplies coming through the embattled Red Sea port of Hodeida could ...
U.N. seeks to open air bridge to aid Yemeni cancer patients: WHO
The United Nations is working to open a humanitarian air bridge to take Yemeni cancer patients for treatment at qualified facilities, WHO country representative for Yemen Nevio Zagaria said Sunday. "The aim is to help patients suffering from cancer, chronic diseases and congenital anomalies receive ...
Elbe 'hunger stones' tell tale of Czechs' centuries-long struggle with drought
Once an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive "hunger stone" embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after Europe's long, dry summer. The boulder in the town of Decin, north ...
As food crisis threatens, humanitarian aid for North Korea grinds to a halt
Humanitarian aid for North Korea has nearly ground to a halt this year as the United States steps up the enforcement of sanctions, despite warnings of a potential food crisis and improving relations with Pyongyang, aid groups say. International sanctions imposed over North Korea's nuclear ...
Lack of food and medicine pushed 2.3 million to flee Venezuela: U.N.
About 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled their crisis-hit country mainly because of a lack of food as severe shortages of medicine has left thousands at risk, the U.N. spokesman said Tuesday. The Venezuelans have fled to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. "People cite the lack of ...
8.4 million in Yemen said close to famine after regime offensive against Houthi-held Hodeida port
Yemen is close to famine after a 25-percent increase in levels of severe hunger this year and an offensive on the main port city of Hodeida, a lifeline for millions, humanitarian organizations warned on Monday. Thousands more people have been displaced by the conflict and ...
Yemen forces seen closing in on vital, Houthi-held Hodaida port
Yemeni government forces are closing in on the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, the war-ravaged country's main conduit for humanitarian aid, the Saudi-led coalition said on Monday. "The Yemeni army backed by the coalition is around 20 km (12 miles) outside Hodeida and military operations ...
TB death of Eritrean migrant in Italy points to dire, fatal conditions in Libya: aid workers
A 22-year-old Eritrean man died of tuberculosis exacerbated by severe malnutrition after being rescued at sea and brought to Italy, showing how dire conditions are in Libya for migrants, aid workers said on Wednesday. Huge numbers of migrants have converged on Libya in recent years ...
