Floods in Pakistan’s Punjab leave many without aid as rescuers race to evacuate
NAROWAL, Pakistan — Rescuers raced to evacuate tens of thousands of stranded Pakistanis hit by floods earlier this week, while many were left with no […]
Water shortages
Gaza’s bakeries could shut down within a week under Israel’s blockade of all food and supplies
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s bakeries will run out of flour for bread within a week, the U.N. says. Agencies have cut food distributions […]
A family fleeing violence in eastern Congo sees little hope as rebels grab more land
GOMA, Congo — None of Zawadi Sifa’s seven children have known life without fear and the constant threat of violence. Her story mirrors that of […]
A family fleeing violence in eastern Congo sees little hope as rebels grab more land
GOMA, Congo — None of Zawadi Sifa’s seven children have known life without fear and the constant threat of violence. Her story mirrors that of […]
Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply
KENITRA, Morocco — Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has imperiled the country’s entire […]
Drought threatens millions of children as school dropouts rise along with hunger in southern Africa
MUDZI, Zimbabwe — It’s Tuesday morning, and 5-year-old Talent should be in school. Instead, he’s foraging for the fruit that his family is counting on […]
Mounting home demolitions and settler attacks plunge a Palestinian village into crisis
UMM AL-KHAIR, West Bank — First came the Israeli military bulldozers, which tore down a quarter of the homes in the West Bank Bedouin village […]
Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, […]
Father buries 6-year-old child at sea after a migrant boat went adrift for days, Cyprus police say
NICOSIA, Cyprus — NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police say a Syrian man admitted to burying one of his four children at sea after the […]
Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, Zambia declares drought a national emergency
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Thursday declared the country’s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency, saying it has devastated food production and […]