Almost half of the population in Afghanistan is battling acute hunger amid lingering drought and deep economic crisis in the war-ravaged South Asian country.

A Canadian author and journalist, Eric Walberg, says US President Joe Biden is continuing the "messy belligerence" of his ill-famed predecessor in the Middle East by fawning over the Israeli regime.

Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan.

The UN warns the humanitarian crisis in Yemen needs to be urgently addressed. 

A UN official has warned of a "worsening" humanitarian situation in Yemen.

World Bank has warned of global food insecurity amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

China has called on Western countries to refrain from sending offensive weapons to Ukraine, warning that such deliveries will only escalate the ongoing conflict and worsen the humanitarian crisis in the country.

The head of the World Health Organization has slammed the global community for its focus on the war in Ukraine an ignoring crises where those suffering are not white.

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations has called for the immediately and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign occupation forces, including American troops, from Syria.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 1600 GMT, March 16, 2022.