A third of Yemen’s 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the war-ravaged country’s population was going hungry. Yemen, long one of the world’s poorest nations, has seen its food security deteriorate dramatically since its civil war escalated two years ...
The United Nations on Thursday warned that its operations could suffer if the United States were to slash funding to the world body as called for in President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is totally committed to reforming the United Nations and ensuring that it is fit ...