(VOVWORLD) - An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work throughout Gaza, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),...
(VOVWORLD) - The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition, and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme said on Wednesday
(VOVWORLD) - The IMF has warned the US that its massive fiscal deficits have stoked inflation and pose “significant risks” for the global economy
(VOVWORLD) -Media in the Middle East reported that a new round of negotiations aimed at achieving a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip began on Monday in Doha, Qatar
(VOVWORLD) -Themed “Water for All”, this year’s International Day of Action for Rivers (IDAR), on March 14, focuses on raising awareness about the importance of water and the need...
(VOVWORLD) -The number of child deaths reported in the Gaza Strip in four months is higher than that for all wars around the world in the four previous years, said...
(VOVWORLD) - The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that conflict between Russia and the US-led NATO military alliance would be inevitable if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in...
(VOVWORLD) -Pollution is set to escalate, according to a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with the waste mountain expected to grow to 4 billion tons by the middle of...
(VOVWORLD) - A health warning from South Korea's food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice...
(VOVWORLD) - The head of the UN health agency said Wednesday that holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent COVID variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19...
(VOVWORLD) - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell sounded the alarm on Saturday about Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict in a spillover from Israel's conflict with Hamas
(VOVWORLD) - On Wednesday, one day after an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon killed a senior Hamas leader, Hezbollah Secretary General in Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah warned that Hezbollah is ready for an unlimited,...
(VOVWORLD) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that any additional European Union aid to Ukraine will not affect the outcome of the conflict; it will only hurt Europe's...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that hunger and the collapse of the health system are putting the population in Gaza in serious danger
(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations said that the global humanitarian situation will worsen as conflicts and climate change make communities more vulnerable and UN agencies’ operational budgets shrink
(VOVWORLD) - The EU is likely to face a “huge risk” of terror attacks ahead of Christmas, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson warned on Tuesday, linking the threat to the...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday released alarming new data indicating a significant increase in coastal flooding risk
(VOVWORLD) - World leaders attending the COP28 climate conference this week need to interrupt the perilous progression of global warming before a "critical tipping point" is encountered, UN Secretary-General Antonio...
(VOVWORLD) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday warned that NATO’s calls for the creation of a “military Schengen” for the bloc will escalate tensions in Europe, “which has consequences.”
(VOVWORLD) - In its annual report on greenhouse gas emissions by country, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to escalate at unprecedented rates