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New York: The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. more
Afghanistan government thinking over handing over Kabul airport to Turkish forces

Kabul: The Afghanistan government seems to be thinking hard whether to hand over the responsibility of running the  Kabul airport to Turkish forces, media reports said.

Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections

New York: Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a l ...

One person dies, 12 hurt in shooting spree in Arizona: Police

Washington/Sputnik: One person has died and another 12 have been injured in several shooting incidents in the US state of Arizona, local police said.

US lawmakers seek probe of stolen COVID-19 unemployment benefits

Washington: Reports that up to half of COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment benefits had been stolen, much of the funds by foreign criminal syndicates, prompted a fresh appeal for a con ...

Canada's Health Agency in contempt of house for withholding documents on work with China

Washington/Sputnik: Canada’s House of Commons has voted to find the country’s Public Health Agency (PHAC) in contempt of parliament for failing to turn over unredacted documen ...

Obamacare: US Supreme Court dismisses petition challenging affordable health insurance to all Americans

Washington: The US Supreme Court has dismissed a petition from Texas and 17 other Republican government States against providing affordable health insurance for all Americans.

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo returns after acquittal by International Criminal Court

Abidjan: Former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo has returned to the country for the first time in the last ten years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted him of ...

Zambia's former president and liberation hero Kenneth Kaunda dies at 97

Lusaka: Zambia's founding president and liberation hero, Kenneth Kaunda, passed away on Thursday in a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, where he was being treated for pneumoni ...

Pakistan: Polio drive suspended across country amid spike in attacks

Islamabad: The Pakistani government has suspended the anti-polio campaign “for an indefinite period” amid serious security threats and increasing attacks on polio workers in d ...