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A top U.N. official says that two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting

The U.N.'s World Food Program says it is aiming aims to reach up to 3 million Ethiopians affected by climate change and conflict in the coming weeks.

A top U.N. official says that two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting in Switzerland to discuss humanitarian issues and Sudan's beleaguered civilians.

A British-owned cargo vessel was attacked in the Red Sea this morning, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports. Meanwhile, US forces have conducted a strike in self-defence against two Houthi drones in Yemen.

Hundreds of millions of people are "facing chronic hunger", and in the time that it will take you to read this article the death toll from starvation on the other side of the globe will

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A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake. The 16-year-old and his father managed to flee before the house collapsed. As they zig-zagged through a crowded street in Jinderis in Aleppo province, a stone wall crashed onto them, crushing the teen's leg and breaking his arm. The devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquak...

JINDERIS, Syria—A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake. The 16-year-old and his father managed…

For its survivors in Syria, the massive earthquake that ripped through the country a year ago compounded already rampant poverty, destroyed hospitals and electrical and water systems, and forced many Syrians already displaced by war to move into tented settlements.

In the year since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing more than 59,000 people, the situation in Syria has only become more grim for those who survived. An initial outpouring of assistance from the outside world quickly subsided as international attention turned to disasters elsewhere.