* Yemen could face famine next year, Iryani says * Poverty is "twin brother of terrorism" in Yemen * Gas exports need 5 years before replacing oil income By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that “there is a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing Yemen.” Mark Lowcock told the Security Council ...

In Yemen, the United Nations is reversing plans to begin a cholera vaccination program because the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign has devastated the country’s health system and made it too ...

The head of the World Food Program said the agency is racing to prevent famine in war-scarred Yemen. Speaking in Amman, Jordan, Ertharin Cousin said Monday that 7 million people face severe food ...

"The Security Council notes the devastating impact on civilians of ongoing armed conflict and violence," the 15-member UN body said. The declaration added that the council "also emphasizes with deep ...

DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Aid agencies have so far received only $374 million of the $3.85 billion the United Nations says is needed this year for Yemen to avert what threatens to become the world's ...

LONDON/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Yemen's biggest traders have stopped new wheat imports due to a crisis at the central bank, documents seen by Reuters show, another blow to the war-torn country where ...

Close to 85,000 of children have died between April 2015 and October 2018. LONDON -- Approximately 85,000 children under the age of 5 have died in Yemen from severe hunger since April 2015, according ...

Millions more people risk famine in at least a dozen crisis spots around the world, including Sudan and Gaza, two U.N.

In Yemen, the U.N. is warning that grain supplies that could feed up to 3.5 million people for one month are at risk of rotting, due to the ongoing war. The flour mills, located in the port city of ...

Now entering its seventh year, the ongoing conflict in Yemen is creating immense suffering, leaving some five million Yemenis at risk of famine. According to the United Nations, an estimated 80% of ...