When we choose kindness, we enable others to do the same. Kindness. Kindness and loyalty. This is a story of how acts of ...

The Book of Ruth begins with an ominous warning: “In the days when the judges ruled, there was famine in the land.” ...

This identification of Israel with the Almighty is so profound that Shavuot was transformed into the concept of a spiritual marriage between God and the Jewish people.

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a weekslong blockade on the territory as a ...

Jill Lepore writes about Ruth Stout, an American radical known for the “no-work gardening” method, and the author of “How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back.” ...

CAIRO (AP) — Famine is spreading in Sudan due to a war between the military and a notorious paramilitary group that has devastated the country and created the world’s largest displacement ...

LONDON/CAIRO/DUBAI — Famine in Sudan has expanded to five areas and will likely spread to another five by May, the global hunger monitor reported Tuesday, while warring parties continue to ...

Famine is spreading in Sudan due to a war between the army and paramilitary group, a United Nations-backed global hunger-monitoring group says.. The Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food ...

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Aid workers and U.N. officials have warned of widespread famine in Gaza since the conflict began more than a year ago on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters overran the border with Israel and killed ...

In April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces spread into a deadly civil war across Sudan. Now, 16 months since the onset of the conflict, extreme ...