According to Vaclav Smil, the problem in much of the world is not too little food but too much, which leads to high rates of ...

Palestinians feared hunger and increased food prices after Israel stopped the entry of all goods and humanitarian assistance ...

The Catholic Church needs heroes like never before, and Bishop Michael Power of Toronto who was placed on the path to ...

The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the ...

A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN − Despite assurances from White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk that its contract had been restored weeks ago, ...

In the Darfur region, largely controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, hunger is taking a devastating toll.

The latest round of Israeli violence was accompanied by warnings about the spread of famine in the Gaza Strip.

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.