The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...

The scale of global hunger presents a stark and urgent challenge to humanity. In recent years, the situation has worsened, ...

KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) — Martin Komol sighs as he inspects his cracked, mud-walled house that is one rain away from fully ...

The United Nations World Food Programme is by far the largest international organization fighting hunger. It reports that it served more than 100 million people in 2024. FIve years ago, it won the ...

Critics say the new aid distribution system put in place by Israel is deeply flawed and is leading to the deaths of hundreds ...

Monthly cash transfers that refugees used to buy proteins and vegetables to supplement the rice, lentils and cooking oil ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Cindy McCain, World Food Programme executive director, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 25, 2025.

The U.N. World Food Program plans to cut its staff by a third. Donations from Europe and Britain have flagged, and cuts by the Trump administration forced the humanitarian organization to downsize.

The U.N.'s World Food Programme says 28 million people face crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity. The program's executive director, Cindy McCain, is in DRC, and she joins us now.

The World Food Programme on Friday said months of Israeli blockades have entirely depleted food stocks in Gaza. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA called the situation in Gaza "probably the worst" it ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugees, who have fled the violence in their country, line up to receive food rations from World Food Programme (WFP) in Adre, Chad July 20, 2023.