(VOVWORLD) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan is worsening the already severe humanitarian crisis in South Sudan for refugees and the communities hosting them, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR...
(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.”