AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syria's humanitarian crisis is spinning out of control as refugee numbers spike and funding to help ease the suffering has
ROME (AP) — The United Nations said Tuesday its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target a
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Militant Islamist rebels in Somalia on Monday announced a ban against another aid group working in a region of Somalia hit
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The international aid group Oxfam says half a million people have been displaced in Niger as the country reels from the worst
ROME (AP) — International food prices rose sharply in July after three months of decline, driven by a spike in grain and sugar prices, a United
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: July 6 San Francisco Chronicle on the economy:






