*SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the Indian authorities have further tightened the strict clampdown ahead of India’s Independence Day, tomorrow (15th August), adding more to the woes of the oppressed people of the territory.* Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported that the occupied valley has been ...

KARACHI - Pakistan is running out of fresh water, and approaching towards drastic famine as irrigation lands are being reduced due to shortage of fresh water, urbanization, salinity and deforestation. Malnutrition has caused reduction in average height of Pakistanis. This demands urgent ...

*ISLAMABAD - Prime Minster Imran Khan has called for opening channels of humanitarian assistance for the people suffering from famine in Yemen.* “The conflict in Yemen affects the regional peace and stability and no military solution can resolve it,” he said during his meeting with Ambassador ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations warned Tuesday that Yemen was on the verge of widespread famine. "There is now a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing Yemen," UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock said. He urged a humanitarian ...

The United Nations has warned of the danger of widespread famine in Yemen amid an economic meltdown and fighting that threaten the lifeline of supplies for civilians. Updating the UN Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark ...

The United Nations has warned of the danger of widespread famine in Yemen amid an economic meltdown and fighting that threaten the lifeline of supplies for civilians. Updating the UN Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark ...

SUDAN:One year after South Sudan briefly declared a famine, more than half of the people in the world’s youngest nation face extreme hunger amid civil war and famine could return, a new report says. More than six million people, up about 40 percent from a year ago, are at threat without aid, ...

The United Nations has warned that more than 8 million people in war-torn Yemen are a step away from famine.Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, raised the alarm on Monday, adding that though a Saudi-led coalition blockade had been slightly eased, the situation in the Arab ...

GENEVA: Warring sides must let more aid get through to 8.4 million people who are “a step away from famine” in Yemen, a senior UN official said on Monday.A Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen’s civil war blockaded ports last month after a missile ...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Yemen is facing a mass famine that will affect millions of lives unless the Saudi-led coalition ends its blockade and allows aid deliveries into the country, the UN aid chief warned Wednesday.Mark Lowcock, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said that ...