Afghanistan’s looming famine: will the West help the Taliban?
Millions of Afghans unable to afford food as country faces ‘unprecedented’ economic collapse
Afghanistan teeters on brink of universal poverty, UN report warns
Development agency says Taliban takeover has put 20 years of economic gains at risk
Web Summit to license its in-house conferencing software to UN
Company plans to recruit extra 50 staff ahead of this year’s event in Lisbon
‘They want action’: Major climate poll supports ‘global emergency’
UN survey of over a million people in 50 countries finds most want significant changes
Yemen knocked back 20 years by ravages of war, UN claims
‘Human development has not just been interrupted. It has been reversed’
Ireland ranked fourth in the world for living conditions, UN report finds
Quality of life rising faster here than anywhere else, says Human Development Index
Myanmar’s Inle Lake: an ecosystem fighting to survive
Chemicals, silt and climate change threaten fish species and a way of life
Ireland’s alcohol consumption policies to be held up as exemplar for others
UN specialist says strong policy commitment could inspire other countries to follow suit
Politics stymies reconstruction of ancient souq in Homs
UN funding pulled from Syrian project to restore Old City and bring residents back
Ukrainians fear being forgotten in third winter of war
World’s interest wanes as agencies scramble to help 3.7m around eastern war zone
Water shortages deepen misery on Ukraine’s front line
Red Cross warns of humanitarian disaster as temperatures drop and winter bites
Homs market restored in effort to save locals from humanitarian crisis
UN programme brings traders back to battle-scarred 4,000 year-old Syrian souk
UN concerned about Israeli allegations aid worker helped Hamas
Israeli secret service accuses development programme engineer
Refugees and Jordanians forced to compete for scarce resources
Jordanians fear Syrian refugees will want to settle permanently
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