MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 18 (UPI) -- Ongoing violence and a devastating drought in Somalia have forced millions of people into a situation where the need for aid has become urgent.

NEW YORK, June 22 (UPI) -- Three U.N. agencies reported that the percentage of Palestinians not getting enough to eat has grown 4 percent since 2006.

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (UPI) -- An Iraqi government contribution of $40 million to the U.N. World Food Program will help nearly 750,000 displaced Iraqis, officials said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say food aid to North Korea has resumed after a two-year suspension in the wake of a new agreement to better monitor its distribution.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, April 28 (UPI) -- A global food crisis is creating a paradox for African nations as wages fail to keep pace with rising costs and push people closer to famine, analysts say.

UNITED NATIONS, April 10 (UPI) -- Rising food prices are contributing to a "new face of hunger" threatening the poor worldwide, a U.N. official said Thursday during a conference in Dubai.

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (UPI) -- The United Nations says the surge in food prices around the world could lead to massive unrest and instability.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 10 (UPI) -- The pomp and circumstance during the New York Philharmonic's visit to Pyongyang was merely show to hide the country's backward ways, the Los Angeles Times said.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- In response to militant violence that has displaced more than 1 million Iraqis, the U.N. World Food Program has launched an emergency program.