Wed, 2019-06-05 22:06 NEW YORK: A UN emergency relief coordinator has warned that more than 2 million men, women and children could die of starvation in Somalia by summer’s end if international aid is not sent quickly to the drought-stricken African … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-06-05 21:53 BAGHDAD: As if life was not bad enough for Adnan Kadhim — he lives in a slum where municipal authorities dump Baghdad’s rubbish — now someone is setting the waste on fire, making his children sick. As … read more
Author: AP ID: 1559730698712374400 Tue, 2019-06-04 16:58 BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s coast guard said Tuesday it intercepted two boats carrying around 140 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said the first rubber vessel had … read more
Author: Caline Malek ID: 1559684669647341500 Wed, 2019-06-05 00:43 DUBAI: Nine out of 10 people globally breathe polluted air, and only one out of 10 cities meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standards. As such, the UN is understandably … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-06-04 21:07 DUBAI: A dispute over control of biometric data between the World Food Programme (WFP) and Yemen’s Houthi militia is straining humanitarian efforts and threatens to disrupt aid distribution. In an unusually strong statement the UN agency, which … read more