The European Commission unveils plans to lift 15 million people in the EU out of poverty by 2030 amid skepticism given that previous targets relating to social exclusion were not met.

A new kind of the French population is falling into a state of poverty.

Tens of thousands of Israeli school children will start the academic year without the equipment they need amid endemic poverty.

Millions of people are estimated to have lost their jobs in Pakistan amid the coronavirus pandemic. Small and medium sized industries are fast shutting down, meaning far more number of people have slipped below the poverty line.

The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights says 80,000 children are suffering from persistent trauma and psychological disorders a result of the continuous Saudi-led aggression.

The heads of the EU institutions, as well as civil society groups, business leaders and union representatives all came together in Brussels to take part in the 'Tripartite Social Summit'.

In 1967, Colonel Gaddafi inherited one of the poorest nations in Africa; however, by the time he was assassinated, Gaddafi had turned Libya into Africa’s wealthiest nation.