On July 29, 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the foremost authority on global food security, declared the "worst-case scenario" of famine is unfolding in Gaza "amidst ...

Experts say that food is increasingly being used as a weapon in conflicts in places like Sudan, Syria and Gaza. But there's never been a war crimes case about it in an international court. That may ...

Sudan is no longer merely a war zone – it is a man-made humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in real time. The crisis has deep roots in the popular uprising Sudan is no longer merely a war zone – it is ...

In late July, the world’s leading hunger monitor declared what many had already feared: Famine is unfolding across Gaza, it said, with “a rise in hunger-related deaths” driven by “widespread ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and ...

In late August, two of the world’s leading food crisis assessments came to the same conclusion about what is happening in Gaza: “famine with reasonable evidence.” One was the UN-affiliated Integrated ...

A few weeks ago, Soliman Zyad, a young health-care worker in northern Gaza, told me that his family was near starvation. On some days, he and his uncle AbdulKareem walked in search of food from 3 A.M.

In Gaza today, hunger is not a by-product of war – it is a weapon. It is engineered, deliberate and merciless. For my family and me, this grim truth is not abstract. It constantly gnaws at our bodies ...

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Editor's note: This story reflects reporting through Aug. 7, 2025. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification made a formal declaration of famine for northern Gaza on Aug. 22, 2025. Read more ...