Climate scientists warn the impending super-strong El Niño will have ripple effects worldwide and have implications for more than just the national weather
Rescue teams stop receiving responses from a mother and her three children trapped beneath a nine-storey building
Global conflicts, climate change and a looming El Niño threaten worsening food shortages in 2026
A more interesting question is why there wasn’t a major famine in Gaza, given the bombing, displacement and blockade. Part of the answer surely lies in Gaza’s human and social capital
Helen McEntee a signatory to statement expressing ‘grave concern’ over ‘continued deadly unlawful attacks on civilians’
Israel is accused of near-daily strikes on Gaza, but says the militant group has been rearming
Aid supplies ‘way below what is needed’, says UN Palestinian refugee agency
Simon Harris thanks diplomatic and consular staff for ‘huge efforts to bring about this outcome’
Global hunger monitor IPC reports 514,000 Gazans facing famine, Israel disputes findings
Netanyahu reported to be considering annexation of parts of Gaza Strip
One of the worst humanitarian crises in the world has now been plunged deeper into an unimaginable hell
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Maddaloni
US cuts to foreign aid could be ‘a death sentence for millions of people experiencing extreme hunger and starvation’, says World Food Programme
Violence deals blow to interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rule of shattered country
Unicef and World Food Programme call for urgent funds as Lebanon suffers ‘same trauma, same fear’ as in Gaza
Sudan’s hunger crisis is world’s largest with more than 25 million people suffering acute food insecurity
UN officials say sea project cannot replace the delivery of humanitarian aid by land from Egypt and Jordan
Israeli military orders two neighbourhoods of Gaza City to evacuate amid mounting desperation
Houthi militia says it will continue attacking ships in the Red Sea until Israel ends its war in Gaza
From Afghanistan to South Sudan and Nairobi, the practical and dauntless Mary Ellen McGrogarty of the World Food Programme focuses on respecting the dignity and individuality of people in desperate need
Top tips and new ways of using up five of the most wasted foods – old bread, leafy greens, potatoes, fruit and milk
Irish leadership was essential when Putin’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted global food systems
More than 200,000 Nigerians have taken refuge in Niger as thousands in west Africa experience catastrophic food insecurity
The drug trafficker posed as a ‘legitimate’ businessman and sought to buy $8m worth of planes in Egypt
Kinahan tried to get residency status in Zimbabwe where he sought a licence to marry his long-term partner, new information shows
Nearly half the people in ‘severe’ need of food aid as aid groups struggle to reach the population because of insufficient fuel supplies
Russia says it struck Ukrainian warship and Harpoon missiles depot in Odesa - agencies
Kyiv restores Danube River ports in emergency effort to get grain out
Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports ‘a weapon of war’ with global repercussions
UN chief in talks on restoring Kyiv’s grain exports as tens of millions threatened
WHO among bodies reminding of Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan and Tigray
Russian forces bombard outskirts of Kyiv despite promise to scale back operations
American official also warns of growing food security crisis eleswhere due to impact of war
Effects of Russian invasion are already being felt as far away as Sierra Leone and Ghana
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