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UN official warns of looming food crisis as Hormuz fertiliser plan stalls
Without a quick deal to move fertiliser through the strait, agricultural productivity would ‘significantly drop’.
From: NewsFeed
Food shortages in Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi siege hits supplies
Yemeni government forces are encircled by the Houthis in Taiz, where blockades on road routes have worsened shortages.
Published On 13 Oct 2026
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French fridge fright: Why supermarkets have become target for hackers
More than 500 shops across France were hit in a major cyberattack on freezers, which caused tonnes of food to perish.
Niyaha al-Masri, a 35-year-old displaced Palestinian woman from Beit Hanoon, waiting to receive food for her family at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. [Bashar Taleb/AP Photo]
Niyaha al-Masri spends six hours or more in a queue at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Her husband, wounded in both legs in an air strike, “cannot go and fight with the others” for food, she says. What little flour they have is carefully rationed. Her eight children, aged three to 14, “dream of eating fruit”, but the family cannot afford any. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
In August 2025, the United Nations‑backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared a state of famine in Gaza – an assessment Israel denounced as a lie. By December, the UN had lifted the declaration, saying the "ceasefire" had allowed in enough aid over two months to ease the worst conditions. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
“The food security situation is still extremely serious,” said Shaun Hughes of the WFP, noting that 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.1 million people suffer from acute food shortages, with 200,000 “just one step below famine”. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Beyond sheer quantity, lack of nutritional diversity is driving a quiet health crisis. “You cannot survive on dry goods and wheat flour and bread alone,” Hughes said, stressing the need for protein, fresh vegetables and fruit, especially for children and pregnant or breastfeeding women. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
In the tent camps of Khan Younis, a hot meal has become a luxury, with mothers like Niyaha al‑Masri waiting in queues to bring home a single pot of rice and lentils to feed 10 hungry mouths. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Al-Masri shares a meal provided by a charity kitchen with her children. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
The “ceasefire” promised that aid trucks would pour into Gaza, but in the alleyways of the south, some children still go to sleep on empty stomachs. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Parents say their children no longer ask for toys or sweets; they dream of apples and oranges, of the simple taste of fresh fruit that has vanished from their lives since the genocidal war began in October 2023. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Al-Masri doing the dishes at the makeshift shelter where she lives with her family in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Back in the tent camp, al-Masri’s children spend their days collecting nylon, cardboard and foam to patch the family’s makeshift shelter. She calls it “shameful” that they must live this way. “I swear to God, this isn’t normal,” she said before heading out again to stand in line for food. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
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An internally displaced Yemeni boy carries firewood at a makeshift camp for the internally displaced in the northern Hajjah governorate [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
A displaced Yemeni woman carries water in a jerrycan at a makeshift camp in the northern Hajjah governorate. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
War displacement as well as humanitarian needs in Yemen are mounting every day. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
More than 200,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since fighting resumed. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
Children carry mattresses at a makeshift camp in Hajjah governorate. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
UN World Food Programme warned that three in four families in parts of Yemen were going hungry. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
An internally displaced Yemeni family in front of their tent in northern Hajjah governorate. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
A displaced Yemeni woman cooks a meal for her children at the makeshift camp in Hajjah governorate. [Essa Ahmed/AFP]
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From: NewsFeed
Yemen’s Taiz residents fear food and fuel crisis amid fighting
Yemen’s Taiz residents fear food and fuel crisis amid fighting
Published On 6 Oct 2026
Three in four households go hungry in parts of Yemen amid fighting: UN
World Food Programme warns of ‘devastating’ impact as conflict displaces thousands and cuts off food supplies.
Dishes are served on a trami, a traditional copper platter, during a Kashmiri Wazwan wedding feast in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
A Kashmiri waza, or traditional chef, serves dishes from a Wazwan wedding feast in Srinagar. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Classic Wazwan dishes include rista (meatballs in red gravy), gushtaba (yoghurt-based meat dish), rogan josh, tabak maaz (fried ribs) and kabab. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Kashmiri wazas, or traditional chefs, pound meat with wooden mallets on stone slabs to prepare gushtaba and rista for a traditional Wazwan wedding feast. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
A Kashmiri waza, or chef, prepares Wazwan dishes in degchis, traditional heavy-bottomed copper cooking pots, over a wood fire during a wedding. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Rogan josh, a slow-cooked lamb curry and signature dish of the traditional Kashmiri Wazwan feast, simmers in a degchi, a traditional heavy-bottomed cooking pot, over a wood fire during wedding preparations. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Degchis - traditional heavy-bottomed copper cooking pots - hold multiple dishes from the multicourse Kashmiri Wazwan wedding feast in Srinagar. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Kashmiri bride Jennifa Sufi poses in traditional bridal attire and jewellery at her wedding in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Rista, a traditional Kashmiri Wazwan meatball dish, is prepared over a wood fire, with meat pounded by hand and slow-cooked to give the feast its distinct texture and smoky flavour. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
A Kashmiri waza, or traditional chef, serves gushtaba - the final dish of a Wazwan feast, signalling the end of the meal - to guests at a wedding. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Workers unload supplies from a van outside a restaurant serving Wazwan in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. In recent years, some younger chefs have moved from wedding catering into restaurant work, adapting Wazwan to modern dining while preserving its centuries-old culinary legacy. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
Diners eat Wazwan, a traditional Kashmiri feast, at a restaurant in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]
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Cattle to feed: Why a global meat crisis is looming
World’s top three beef producers witness a decline in cattle stocks because of rising input costs, droughts and biology.
From: NewsFeed
Rising malnutrition in Nigeria as US war on Iran raises food costs
The war on Iran is raising the cost of living in Nigeria.
Published On 25 Sep 2026
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