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…
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…
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…
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
After Rwanda-backed rebels seized the Congolese city of Goma in 2012, powerful nations across the world registered their disapproval, announcing sanctions against Rwanda and other measures that led to the…
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…
U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Does Not Apply to Arms to Israel and Egypt
A sudden and sweeping halt to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration does not apply to weapons support to Israel and Egypt and emergency food assistance, according to a…
Israel Says UNRWA Has 6 Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem
Israel told the United Nations on Friday that its relief agency known as UNRWA, a critical lifeline to two million Palestinians during the 15 months of war in Gaza, had…
As Trump Visits North Carolina, Battered Communities Hope for More Aid
Four months after Hurricane Helene unleashed deadly flooding and landslides that killed 104 people in North Carolina communities wedged across forests and mountains, the unsettling reality of an extremely slow,…
Gaza at Last Welcomes More Aid. It Needs a Deluge.
Outside a warehouse in southern Gaza one day this week, a small crowd of men and boys waited their turn for a bit of the humanitarian aid that Gaza —…
Food and Other Vital Aid Surges Into Gaza After 15 Months of Scarcity
The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza surged dramatically on Sunday, with more than 630 trucks entering the impoverished and hungry enclave on the first day of the cease-fire, according…