Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war ...

Unregulated mining in the Mekong region is accelerating at a pace researchers warn is outstripping governance, enforcement ...

How the world’s largest humanitarian organisation is changing in the era of Trump’s aid cuts - ON THE GROUND: The UN’s World ...

On November 12 2025, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO) and the World Food Programme ( WFP) published a joint report that raises alarm bells about the state of global food security.

The world is facing a deepening hunger crisis with resources falling far short of needs, the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Tuesday, citing sharp declines in humanitarian funding.

The US Justice Department said on Wednesday that the Burma Team of its newly formed Scam Center Strike Force (SCSF) had already started taking action against scam operations in Myanmar. The strike ...

If the federal government shutdown continues into November, SNAP payments will dry up for nearly 472,000 residents in Philadelphia alone. File: Crates of milk are seen at a food bnk warehouse on July ...

After weeks of uncertainty, millions of Americans will soon start receiving federal nutrition assistance benefits again, after President Trump on Wednesday night signed a bill passed by Congress to ...

Food Waste Breakthrough targets halving global food waste by 2030 Up to 7% reduction in methane emissions also targeted Global Environment Facility commits US$3 million towards effort Belém, 13 ...

WASHINGTON — With a potential end to the government shutdown in sight, the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a freeze on a federal judge’s ruling that would require the Trump administration to fully ...

Summary: One of the first major cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency hit the U.S. Agency for International Development. About 85% of its programs were eliminated, and the rest, including ...

GENEVA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday it may have to pause food aid to help millions of malnourished people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by February due ...