UN humanitarian chief highlights spending disparity between US defense and global aid needs

The head of the UN's humanitarian office has drawn attention to stark spending disparities between military expenditures and humanitarian aid, noting that the United States has already spent $25 billion on war with Iran. The same amount, according to the UN official, would be sufficient to prevent hunger and death for millions of people worldwide. The comparison underscores the difficult choices facing the United Nations, which must carefully select which humanitarian crises to address among hundreds of millions of people in need of assistance due to limited funding.