YEMEN: Millions on the brink of starvation

YEMEN: Millions on the brink of starvation

HAMEED STAGGERED, hardly able to walk.* He was gaunt and haggard. Hameed’s family of nine had fled to a makeshift camp for displaced Yemenis after their house was destroyed. The family struggled to survive with almost nothing to eat or drink. Like many Yemenis, they...

Tsunami in Indonesia

The death toll continues to rise as rescue workers recover bodies of those killed by an earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on September 28. Some perished when their homes collapsed. Others were carried out to sea when the twenty-foot tsunami wave...
Yemen – The Suffering Intensifies

Yemen – The Suffering Intensifies

The people of Yemen have suffered tremendously the past three years because of civil war. Now they face even more hardship as the war reaches new levels of intensity since the assassination of Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday. Yemen was already...
Super Typhoon Strikes Philippines

Super Typhoon Strikes Philippines

Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, struck the central Philippines on Friday, leaving dazed survivors begging for help and scavenging for food, water, and medicine. The damage was significant with initial estimates of 10,000 people dead...