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Slippers are strewn across the site of a bombing at a military compound in Aden, Yemen. (Photo: AFP)

14 million people 'on brink of famine' in Yemen: NGOs

The NGOs called on govts to 'secure an immediate cessation of hostilities' and 'suspend the supply of arms at risk of...

8 Nov 2018 5:22 PM IST

The government has started preparing to announce a drought in the state.

Australia restricts water use in populous state, as drought persists

New South Wales, home to about a third of Australia's 25 million people and its biggest city Sydney, last imposed...

28 May 2019 3:07 PM IST

A family waits for food assistance to be distributed in Thonyor, Leer County, one of the areas in which famine has been declared, in South Sudan. (Photo: AP)

Global famine is on the way: World faces its biggest crisis

Modern food production has its issues as well, especially when it comes to meat.

20 Aug 2019 8:15 AM IST

A vendor waits for customers next to his stall along a street in Kabul on September 14, 2021. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)

One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban

Impromptu markets where people sell household goods for cash have sprung up across Kabul, although buyers are in short...

15 Sept 2021 11:21 AM IST

Famines can affect the lifespan of future generations. (Photo: AP)

14 civilians killed as soldiers clash over food aid in Somalia

Somalia is 1 of 4 countries singled out by the United Nations in a $4.4 billion aid appeal to avert catastrophic hunger...

9 Jun 2017 8:01 PM IST