Rome, March 18 -- The world is facing a "terrible, terrible prospect" as the current conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran threatens to drive global hunger to an "all-time record."

According to the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), the compounded impact of "extreme weather events, conflict, and pockets of famine" has already left a staggering 320 million people "acutely food insecure."

The humanitarian agency warned on Wednesday that this war, now entering its "third week," is sending "shockwaves on food and fuel costs" across the globe.

These economic disruptions could soon "price families out of staple foods far beyond the region" where the fighting is concentrated.

"The escalating humanitarian fallout from ...