The World Food Programme (WFP) says 1.7 million people are at risk of starvation in South Sudan as it has to suspend planned aid for the people of the world’s youngest country due to the current crisis in Ukraine.

The United Nations has warned that 350,000 children are at risk of starvation.

Nearly $10 billion in Afghanistan’s national assets have been held by the US Federal Reserve since the Taliban laid siege to Kabul in August and overthrew the US-backed government.

A UN rights investigator has warned that North Korea's most vulnerable will face starvation if crippling sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council are not eased.

The UN urges international donors to raise $3.85 billion to prevent large-scale famine in Yemen,.

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society says 80 percent of Ethiopia’s northern, conflict-torn Tigray region has been completely cut off from humanitarian aid.

A member of the European Parliament says Europe is fueling Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe as EU nations sell arms to the Saudi-led coalition.