The suspension of funding has affected various sectors, including health, education, water, sanitation, hygiene, protection, nutrition, food security and livelihoods.

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – When the UN was scouting around for funds and a home for its headquarters in 1946, John D. Rockefeller Jr, a renowned American philanthropist, gifted $8.5 million for the ...

According to Burmese authorities, more than 1,000 people have died and over 2,000 have been injured. First, a coup d'état ended the failed democratic experiment in Myanmar, home to 57 million people, ...

As Nigerians join other countries to mark the World Water Day, the story from across the country is that of water shortage and the gruelling efforts put in daily to access it.Many citizens, especially ...

Sun-Times reporter Amy Yee witnessed firsthand how programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development saved lives ...

DOGE cuts to USAID mean an uncertain future for Food for Peace and Feed the Future, two federal programs with strong ties to ...

From critical frontline firewood programs to support for special needs facilities, the US foreign aid freeze is already being felt by Ukrainians most in need.

An American woman has been released by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan after being detained for the past month, the second freeing of a US citizen in the past eight days.

A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with our bare hands".

Standing there, I reflected on what a shame it was that there was not more help for these people, while simultaneously feeling glad that at least they had this. A sticker on the side of the main ...