There was a horrendous stench of disease and death in the refugee camps we visited. Some of the people we met were cadaverous and we were told by the medical staff that many of them had only hours to ...

Biologist Paul Ehrlich, author of 1968’s ‘Population Bomb,’ which predicted a dire global future, died on Monday.

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Famine threatens more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, with two areas now showing famine-level acute malnutrition ...

CAIRO — Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday. The announcement came after the group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Displaced Yemenis line up to receive bags of food and supplies to meet their basic needs in the western province of Hodeidah [File ...