Combats entre Rohingyas et l'armée en Birmanie: 400 morts, 250.000 personnes privées d'aide alimentaire

Au moins 250.000 personnes sont privées d'aide alimentaire dans le nord-ouest de la Birmanie où les distributions du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) ont été suspendues en raison des combats entre l'armée et la rébellion rohingya.

Russia-donated grain arrives in food-short North Korea

A total of 800 tons of flour donated by Russia arrived at a North Korean port this week to help meet the North's food shortages, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday.

US working on new DPRK sanctions, not seeking regime change

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States was preparing new sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if Pyongyang takes steps that warrant new sanctions.

China ready to step up efforts to rid Korean Peninsula of nukes

China plans to intensify steps aimed at ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons and it will also stay committed to all the resolutions of the UN Security Council concerning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday at a news conference at the UN headquarters.

Yemen becoming world's worst humanitarian disaster : UN

The top United Nations humanitarian official has called for Gulf countries to help avert mass starvation in Yemen, where two years of war have left millions at risk of famine.

US Nuclear Submarine Headed to South Korea, US Defense Official Says

The USS Michigan — a guided-missile submarine — arrived in South Korea for what a US defense official described as a show of force amid tensions between the US and North Korea.

Lack of funds: U.N. food aid to North Korean children at risk of being terminated

International food aid to North Korean children may be suspended by October due to a lack of funds at the World Food Program, Voice of America reported.

UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Mosul as military action looms

The UN aid agencies on Saturday warned that tens of thousands of civilians in Iraq's Mosul are at "extreme risk" with battles to drive out the Islamic State (IS) terrorists from the western side of the city could break out soon.

Humanitarian crisis looms as prolonged battles in Mosul seems no quick end

Surging forward to the door of a truck carrying food to Mosul, the city in northern Iraq that is witnessing spreading battles and destruction, hundreds of people raised their hands to scramble for a box of aid.

Tensions between Terrorists and Civilians in Eastern Aleppo Rise

Media reports have indicated that the tensions between the terrorists and the civilians in eastern Aleppo rose as scores of locals demonstrated against the militant groups to demand that they distribute the foodstuffs distributed by the government and confiscated by the takfiri gunmen.

Venezuelan gov't, opposition agree on mechanism for peaceful coexistence

Venezuela's government and members of the opposition reached agreement Saturday on a mechanism for peaceful coexistence, in which both sides pledged to uphold the constitution and agreed to adopt measures aimed at improving the supply of food and medicine in the country.

Russia sends humanitarian aid to North Korea

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has sent humanitarian aid to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which was hit by the Lionrock typhoon, the ministry’s press service said on Saturday.

North Korea says China offered flood assistance

North Korea said Thursday China reached out with plans for flood assistance after a "catastrophic" deluge forced hundreds of thousands of North Koreans out of their homes in late August.

North Korea's food shortage grows but elites remain unaffected, Seoul says

 North Korea's food shortage is growing but the crisis has yet to affect the country's elite.

WFP issues emergency aid to over 140,000 North Korean flood victims

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to over 140,000 North Koreans affected by recent flooding in the northeast of the country, according to a press release on Tuesday.

OAS members push Venezuela to approve Maduro recall vote

Argentina, along with 15 other nations from the Organization of American States (OAS), demanded yesterday that Venezuela act “without delay” and clear the way for an opposition-led referendum on whether to recall President Nicolás Maduro from office.

Venezuela raises minimum wage by half against inflation

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday that the country's minimum monthly wage will increase by 50 percent from Sept. 1.

Venezuelan army takes over food distribution services. Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday put his military in charge of five sea ports

Venezuela's military has taken charge of food distribution and key ports to guarantee supplies of basic goods and medicines amid increasing shortages and mounting unrest.

Cargo ships stuck off Yemen as fighting worsens food security

At least five merchant vessels carrying food are stuck off Yemen as warships from a Saudi-led coalition search them for weapons bound for Iran-allied Houthi rebel forces, with delays adding to a humanitarian crisis.

Syria: UN agency warns no food left in besieged Palestinian refugee camp

UN, 19 April 2014 – The United Nations has renewed its demand for unimpeded humanitarian access to the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, warning that there is no UN food aid left there as of Saturday given that the recent escalation fighting between the parties to the Syrian conflict has prevented the delivery of desperately needed assistance. 

Spokesman Chris Gunness said the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was not authorised to distribute food aid on 18 April in Yarmouk, where more than 20,000 civilians are dependent on UN assistance.