"People in food crisis around globe doubles as foreign aid plummets to 10-year low
Some 266 million people in 47 territories were in a state of food crisis or worse last year, with experts warning that ongoing conflicts, climate variability and global economic uncertainty risk worsening the situation in 2026"
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In Afghanistan, US aid cuts have left pregnant women without access to care, forcing many to give birth at home in a country with one of the worlds highest maternal mortality rates, and leading to the suspension or closure of 422 health facilities nationwide, including small community clinics.
Im Afraid: Afghan Women Face US Aid Cuts
Atifa assists in what she says will be her last delivery, having run out of medication and the means to continue, at the Malmastok Family Health House. Shahristan district, Daikundi province, 22 July 2025.
Photograph: Elise Blanchard, for Time/World Press Photo 2026
Aid Emergency in Gaza
Palestinians climb on to an aid truck as it enters the Gaza Strip via the Zikim crossing in an attempt to get flour, during what the Israeli military called a tactical suspension in operations to allow humanitarian aid through, 27 July 2025. The UN reports that between 27 May and 31 July last year at least 1,373 Palestinians seeking food were killed at or near aid distribution sites
Photograph: Saber Nuraldin, EPA Images/World Press Photo 2026
Before the parliamentary vote on the proposed reduction of the energy tax for the months of May and June, several economists and social groups have voiced stron...
EU envoys are set to approve a 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine after resolving months of political deadlock over military and financial support.
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed the nullification of the EU Commission's decision that had initially approved billions of euros...
Cyprus's presidency of the Council of the European Union announced on Wednesday that Hungary has lifted the months-long blockade concerning the planned multi-bi...
A draft law from the coalition parties of the CDU/CSU and SPD proposes that employers can pay out a tax-free bonus of up to 1,000 euros to employees, and this b...
A significant majority of German citizens continue to favor state intervention to alleviate the burden caused by high energy and gasoline prices, according to a...
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) is pushing to swiftly release the 90-billion-euro loan package for Ukraine. Speaking on Tuesday during a meeting with his...
Manuela Schwesig, the Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (SPD), has reiterated the demand for a special conference involving the state premiers and Fe...
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US spending on reckless Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN
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. Polly Toynbee couldn't give a sh*t about these! Her super-loyalty to the blinds her to the - & one of these truths is that the & & are contradictory. They want people to remain in their , but are making it less possible for them to do so.
. Polly Toynbee is a big & of . They've already cut to increase the , & they're Hell-bent on reducing & other . I didn't notice Toynbee criticising the aid . This damn is all about & , .
The federal government has reached an agreement regarding the specifics of introducing an industrial electricity price. According to reports cited by Handelsbla...
AidThere is a migration away from the small toward the big public or private institutions with more student activities & academic offerings, particularly in & , Selingo said.
As students become harder to enroll, he said, troubled schools compete by discounting through increased . That reduces overall revenue while costs continue to rise, creating a doom loop of financial pressures.
Wars, conflicts, violence and persecutions will drive 4.2 million people from their homes by the end of 2027, not including those affected by the war in the Middle East, a Danish humanitarian aid agency warns.
Anand says Sudan a priority, pledges $120M in aid as war enters 4th year
Canada's foreign affairs minister said hunger is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan but it's up to global tribunals to decide whether a genocide is taking place.
Anand says Sudan a priority, pledges $120M in aid as war enters 4th year
Canada's foreign affairs minister said hunger is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan but it's up to global tribunals to decide whether a genocide is taking place.
Anand says Sudan a priority, pledges $120M in aid as war enters 4th year
Canada's foreign affairs minister said hunger is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan but it's up to global tribunals to decide whether a genocide is taking place.
Anand says Sudan a priority, pledges $120M in aid as war enters 4th year
Canada's foreign affairs minister said hunger is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan but it's up to global tribunals to decide whether a genocide is taking place.
Japan will provide $10 billion in financial support to nations in Southeast Asia to help them cope with soaring crude oil prices due to the war in the Middle East.
Germany's Federal Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul (CDU), announced plans to increase humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Sudan. Following the Berli...
3 years into Sudan's civil war, refugees are stuck in limbo as aid fades and conflict continues
Three years on from the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, the country is in the grip of what the United Nations calls the worlds worst displacement crisis, with more than 11 million people forced from their homes.
has sent 530 tons of essential humanitarian aid to through crossing: Kabuls Information Ministry
The consignment, prepared and purchased by an Afghan government delegation in , will be distributed among 22,000 families, acc to the ministry statement
includes , , and vital , with an estimated value of $500,000
Kabul also reaffirmed its firm stance on the Palestinian issue
MEMO APR-15
3 years of war: The human cost in
Sudans civil war has uprooted nearly 15M people and killed over an estimated 150,000 as the conflict enters its 4th year with over 33M in need of and 21M facing a deepening crisis
Source: UNHCR
By Efe Ozkan for Anadolu - APR-15
UN Emergency Coordinator Tom Fletcher criticized the current climate of international politics, describing it as an atmosphere of impunity. Speaking to the FAZ,...
A welfare department had to get to know me in a somewhat harsh and cynical way (proof of personhood). Yes, they are threatened by my "please cease leading Malaysia" because their citizens (like me) cannot have their happiness and monetary security fulfilled. I received a one-off piece of food aid, but let me also accept these in a cynical way, as they gave me all of this in a similarly cynical manner.
The German federal government has introduced the State and Municipal Relief Act (LKEG). According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, this legislation is set to...
Another African Country Has Cleared its Debt to the International Monetary Fund
Can reportedly state at a meeting of the CDU parliamentary group that the Chancellor sees no way to direct aid to low-income households given the increased ener...