Day, which marks the 1882 discovery of the bacterium that causes the disease. More than a century later, tuberculosis remains ...

Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route ...

About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through ...

Because of greater exposure to disruptions in the Middle East, such as high natural gas prices, businesses and consumers outside the U.S. are being hit harder by the war in Iran.

Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on fuel for irrigation, transport & machinery. The increasing oil prices mean the ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the escalating hostilities in the Middle East could lead to record levels of food insecurity and the largest disruption in humanitarian ...

North America sent millions of dollars in aid to Ireland during the Great Famine. A group of enslaved people in Alabama were ...

The Middle East war could cause the worst disruption to lifesaving humanitarian work since COVID, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, as the UN chief again demanded an end to the ...

The United Nations warned that as many as 45 million more people could face acute hunger if the conflict in Iran doesn’t ease by the middle of the year, taking the total number to a record high.

Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich made his name as the author of “The Population Bomb,” a 1968 book that shaped the way many in ...

These are the 11 countries subject to the UK Foreign Office's strictest travel warnings — and they are by no means limited to those linked to the Iran war which is currently leading people to ...

AI transformation inevitable but social consequences remain uncertain, policy tweak may signal easing investment ties with China, LPG shortages highlight need to rethink cooking energy, and more ...