International aid organizations have warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan.

China calls on the international community to scale up efforts aimed at considerably improving Syria's humanitarian situation.

The UN refugee chief says the international community and the Taliban must reconcile to restore stability in Afghanistan and prevent a humanitarian crisis.

The new UN envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said the siege imposed on Yemenis that caused the fuel crisis and surging food prices is tied to political matters.

Footage from war-hit northern Ethiopia published by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday (September 6) reflected the severe humanitarian crisis there.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slams the EU foreign policy chief's recent remarks about Afghanistan, saying it is regrettable that the bloc is more concerned about Moscow and Beijing supposedly taking control of the situation in the conflict-ridden country rather than the future of the nation itself.

A recent UN report says nearly 21 million Yemenis are in a dire humanitarian situation, and that their condition is getting worse day by day.