Tuesday, 01 September 2020 _The United Nations food agency has warned that around 2.2 million Syrians risk hunger and poverty in the war-ravaged Arab country.
TEHRAN, Dec 25_The Trump administration’s new policy to strip 3.7 million people of their nutrition benefits will deepen the crisis of hunger in America with some states being deeply affected.
TEHRAN, Nov 25_ The Yemeni minister of public health and population says it is estimated that every 10 minutes a child under the age of five dies from extreme hunger in the conflict-plagued and impoverished Arab country, warning that the ongoing Saudi-led blockade is also taking a heavy toll on newborn babies.
TEHRAN, Jul 16 -More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday the third year in a row that the number has risen.
TEHRAN, Jul 10 - Hunger is growing and the world is not on track to end extreme poverty by 2030 and meet other U.N. goals, mainly because progress is being undermined by the impact of climate change and increasing inequality, a U.N. report said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 04 - A UN report has found that over 110 million people in more than 50 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2018. The report says two thirds of these people were from African and Middle Eastern countries.
TEHRAN, Apr 02 - More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced "acute hunger " last year because of wars and climate disasters, with Africa the worst-hit region, the UN said Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Feb 18 -A number of dissident Saudi prisoners have begun an open-ended hunger strike in protest at their mistreatment by prison authorities as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against rights campaigners and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - Alarming news about school pupils in Lancashire, in northern England eating out of garbage cans has highlighted the issue of food insecurity in Britain.
TEHRAN, November 21 - An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen's civil war in 2015, an international aid group said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, November 02 - Despite rapid economic growth, the Asia-Pacific region has nearly a half billion people who go hungry as progress stalls in improving food security and basic living conditions, a United Nations report said Friday.
TEHRAN, April 04 - Over one in three US university students say they don't have enough money for food, with some even going entire days without eating because they cannot afford meals, according to a report.
TEHRAN, October 14 - The cruelty and suffering the Government’s new universal credit system is inflicting on thousands of vulnerable people in “abject poverty” has been exposed by a benefits case worker.
TEHRAN, September 15 - Global hunger levels have risen for the first time in more than a decade, now affecting 11 percent of the world’s population, as conflict, climate change and economic woes bite, UN agencies said on Friday.
TEHRAN, July 3, YJC - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that the number of people suffering from starvation in the world is rising again after years of decline.
TEHRAN, May 26, YJC - Israeli authorities have agreed to a deal with the Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails over the past 40 days.
Somalia's prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country.