The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and promote peace, was founded in 1961 at the request of U.S. President ...

The Libyan prosecutor's office in Tripoli announced on Wednesday the detention of Osama Almasri Najim, a former police chief ...

Thousands of boxes filled with shelter items and food are sitting idle in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, humanitarian agencies say ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, said that the Sudanese army does not object in principle to a three-month humanitarian truce initiative. He noted an initial ...

Update: Polls have closed. Check BrooklynPaper.com for updates as local races are called. Election Day is underway in ...

Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for live updates.

He pointed out that 60% of the main roads in Sudan are closed or unsafe, according to reports by the United Nations Office ...

Yemen's Houthis arrested three local United Nations staff, including two women, accusing them of spying for Israel, a ...

The recent ceasefire agreement is bringing a fragile peace to Gaza. Aside from a cessation of hostilities, it has important ...

Microsoft has updated File Explorer to automatically block file previews for items downloaded from the internet, aiming to ...

The hunger crisis in Gaza remains “catastrophic” two weeks after the ceasefire took effect, the UN’s health agency has warned ...