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conflictMEDIUMIR2026-05-11 14:00 UTC

Tens of millions risk hunger as Hormuz standoff blocks fertiliser, UN official says

Tens of millions of people could face hunger and starvation if fertilisers are not soon allowed through the Strait of Hormuz, the head of a UN task force aimed at averting a looming humanitarian crisis told AFP on Monday. Iran has had the strategic waterway -- through which a third of the world's f

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