How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
In famine-stricken Sudan, soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone have shut down. In Thailand, war refugees with life-threatening diseases have been turned…
Trump’s First Two Weeks Have Thrown U.S. Climate Spending Into Chaos
Over the past four years during the Biden administration, the United States started spending ever-greater sums on efforts to blunt global warming and help communities adapt to a hotter world.…
Security at ISIS Camps in Syria Threatened by U.S. Funding Freeze
President Trump’s sweeping executive order to halt foreign aid threatens to freeze a U.S. program supporting security forces inside a notorious camp in the Syrian desert that holds tens of…
What Israel’s UNRWA Ban Could Mean for Palestinians
Israeli legislation taking effect on Thursday will threaten the operations of a major United Nations agency that provides critical humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip after more than a year…
Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
As he does every three months, Sibusiso traveled on Wednesday morning to a clinic in the capital of Eswatini, a tiny southern African nation, to get a refill of the…
State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted last week. The waiver,…
U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide
Treating H.I.V. across dozens of nations. Stopping the forced labor of Chinese workers. Training Mexican and Colombian police in anti-narcotics enforcement. Those are just a tiny sample of aid programs…
Many Ukrainian Aid Groups Stop Work After Trump’s Halt on Foreign Assistance
A week after the Trump administration abruptly ordered a sweeping halt to U.S. foreign development aid, the effect is already being felt in war-torn Ukraine. Several humanitarian organizations say they…
U.S. Move to Suspend Mine Clearing Funds Alarms Vietnam
The Vietnam War ended half a century ago, but American weapons from that era continue to kill people to this day. Unexploded bombs rained down by American troops are littered…
Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave
The Trump administration placed several dozen senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave in response to what an official characterized as resistance to President Trump’s…