US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die'The United States has pledged two billion dollars for UN humanitarian aid. This move comes as the administration seeks reforms within the w...
29 Dec, 2025, 11.06 AM IST
Elon Musk likes weird post saying Britishers never ruled India, gets an earful from IndiansElon Musk ignited controversy by endorsing a viral tweet that absurdly claimed India was never ruled by the British, using flawed logic abo...
02 Oct, 2025, 08.51 PM IST
Israeli foreign minister calls for Hamas' surrender as military pounds GazaIsrael urged Hamas to surrender. Military strikes persist in Gaza City. Hamas refuses to disarm. They propose hostage release for peace. St...
08 Sep, 2025, 12.23 AM IST
Doctors in Gaza say patients' protruding ribs, bony limbs offer evidence of malnutritionA famine has been declared in parts of Gaza, with warnings it's spreading due to Israel's blockade and ongoing offensive. A Texas surgeon v...
24 Aug, 2025, 08.02 PM IST
Israeli attacks kill atleast 51 as troops push deeper into Gaza: ReportIsraeli forces have reportedly killed at least 51 Palestinians in Gaza amidst intensified attacks, as tanks enter the Sabra neighborhood. A...
24 Aug, 2025, 09.14 AM IST
New Israeli strikes around Gaza kill 25 as famine announcement raises pressureIsraeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza have killed at least 25 Palestinians, many sheltering in tents, as a famine grips Gaza City. The dire s...
23 Aug, 2025, 05.22 PM IST
Gaza hunger crisis: 5 more die of hunger in Gaza, toll hits 127Gaza hunger crisis is going bad to worse as five more people, including children, have died of hunger in Gaza in the past 24 hours, bringin...
04 Aug, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreadsThe U.N. World Food Program is investigating two top officials in Sudan for alleged fraud and withholding donor information about their cap...
28 Aug, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
World's most dangerous countries in 2024In 2024, severe conflicts and instability continue to plague several regions, marking Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Ukraine a...
26 Aug, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in GazaIn 2023, 282 million individuals across 59 countries experienced acute hunger, with Gaza having the largest number facing famine. South Sud...
25 Apr, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
Blinken heads to Mideast as Israel-Hamas war threatens famineUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken's mission to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war amid rising concern over Gaza's famine threat and ...
20 Mar, 2024, 05.00 PM IST
Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor saysThe Integrated Food-Security Phase Classification (IPC), whose assessments are relied on by U.N. agencies, said 70% of people in parts of n...
19 Mar, 2024, 07.25 AM IST
Hamas issues ceasefire proposal detailing exchange of hostages, prisonersHamas has proposed a Gaza ceasefire plan to mediators, calling for the initial release of Israeli women, children, elderly, and ill hostage...
15 Mar, 2024, 12.23 PM IST
US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as 'blackmail'America’s top diplomat lashed out at Russia at a U.N. Security Council meeting for ignoring the world’s appeals and pulling out of the year...
04 Aug, 2023, 07.33 AM IST
Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappearMassive displacement, hunger and increasing climate shocks such droughts and flooding are in the future, and yet the lack of climate data i...
19 Oct, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappear: Climate report19 Oct, 2021, 03.02 PM IST
- 'Security risk from climate underestimated'
Countries around the world have hugely underestimated the potential conflicts stemming from climate change and must invest heavily to corre...
23 Apr, 2008, 04.31 PM IST