United Nations leaders and agencies have welcomed the entry of a humanitarian aid convoy into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt but noted that it is only a small beginning, still far......
India has expressed concern that foreign fighters involved in the conflict in Syria have moved to other places as mercenaries, as New Delhi underlined that it is ready to play a constructive role......
The World Food Programme has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday. According to an official statement by the Committee, the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020......
Warning that widespread closures of educational facilities present an unprecedented risk to children's education and wellbeing, the United Nations agencies have laid down guidelines for reopening......
Six months after Nepal was devastated by a massive earthquake, relief efforts are literally running out of steam as weeks of protests against a new constitution have led to a critical shortage of......
With over one billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to 'leverage every tool' to combat......
The United Nations has said it expects to register a 'dangerous and unprecedented' shortfall in budgetary allocations for its World Food Programme and as a result of which food aid to millions of......
Ahead of the G-8 summit in Italy, the World Food Programmeand the Food and Agricultural Organisationhas urged leaders of the top eight richest countries of the world not to forget the poor as they......
The United Nations food agency has sounded a fresh alarm that fast rising food prices across the globe are eroding its capacity to serve millions of people already dependent on it and the situation......
India is looking at massive agri-business opportunities in war-ravaged Iraq, including those for sale of wheat, rice, tea and sugar, the commodities which have a large demand in any humanitarians......