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A garbage dumpsite in Paranaque city, Manila (Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco)

UN Says Climate Change Aggravates Global Hunger

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Hunger is on the rise again thanks in part to climate change aggravating severe weather and conflicts in the world, the United Nations reported on Friday. Some 815 million people, or 11 percent of the world’s population, were chronically undernourished in 2016,...

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Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz warns of Saudia Arabia’s concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme. (File photo: Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Donates USD10 Million to Somalia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

London – Saudi Arabia has donated USD10 million to support Somalia, during the third Somalia Conference held on Thursday in London. Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom – who headed the kingdom’s delegation to the conference –...

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Obesity is Mental Illness, Researchers Say

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 15, 2016 | Health

London-Dutch researchers have succeeded for the first time in understanding how the brain communicates with the stomach when people eat their food, and said that small amounts of water may affect satiety, stomach function, and brain’s activity, which reduce the amount...

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A displaced child from minority the Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to Islamic State in Sinjar town, carries a bottle of water as he makes his way to the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Rodi Said)

Opinion: Children do not deserve war

by Aylin Kocaman | Aug 12, 2014 | Opinion

Issa is 10 years old. His whole life has changed since the Syrian conflict began. The streets where he lives are filled with destroyed buildings. He cannot attend school. Most of his friends have died or gone. Because of the war he is now a child worker in the Free...