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Senate's proposed foreign aid package includes $14 billion for 'security assistance' in Israel and $10 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza and Ukraine
If passed, the Senate's foreign aid package will provide billions in military aid to Ukraine and Is…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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India announces relief aid worth 1 million US dollars for landslide-hit Papua New Guinea
After over 650 people lost their lives in the deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea, India, on Tuesd…
ANI
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NDRF personnel with specially equipped trained dog squad departs for earthquake-hit Turkey
A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with a specially trained dog squa…
ANI
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'Absolutely no humanitarian aid is getting into Gaza,' NGO says
The Norwegian Refugee Council said there needs to be humanitarian corridors and a pause that allows…
Sinéad Baker
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Child marriage rates in countries like India are witnessing a spike due to climate change-worsened extreme weather
The commodification of daughters often reduces them to "burdens" to be sold off when the family is …
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More than 2 million people in Gaza are trapped in a humanitarian disaster
Israel's government ramped up its response to Hamas' attack, telling civilians to leave: But where …
Hannah Getahun
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Biden says he's giving $100 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians to ensure no one is living 'by the rule of terrorists'
As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, Biden announced humanitarian aid for Palestinian civ…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians should be included in Biden's emergency funding package for Israel, over 50 Democratic lawmakers say
Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez later joined other Democrats in callin…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden is asking Congress for over $100 billion to pour into Israel and Ukraine and get humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in the midst of congressional chaos
Biden's funding request will head towards a Congress that can't agree on a new speaker of the House.
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey,Madison Hall
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An American physician's assistant on vacation in Israel during Hamas attacks decided to stay and help in a local hospital
An American physician's assistant is volunteering in the same hospital where her grandmother, a Hol…
Talia Lakritz
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Afghans say the Taliban is too busy policing women to prevent a humanitarian disaster that could leave half of Afghanistan hungry this winter
Three months into Taliban rule, half of the population of Afghanistan faces acute food insecurity b…
Ali Latifi
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With Afghanistan on verge of famine, Biden will use some of its frozen funds sought by Taliban to pay 9/11 victims
Since the Afghan government collapsed last year, the Taliban has tried to access the billions in as…
Jake Epstein
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Facing hunger, some desperate Afghans are selling their kidneys for money
Five months into Taliban rule, Afghans tell Insider they've donated a kidney or dangerous amounts o…
Ali Latifi,Tamana Ayazi,Mujtaba Haris
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Indian peacekeepers continue to provide humanitarian, healthcare assistance amidst COVID-19 threat
"#UNMISS continues assisting local communities across #SouthSudan, despite challenges (from) #COVI…
PTI
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The UN doling out $3 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen
The UN and its partners have launched the 2021 humanitarian response plan for Yemen that seeks $3.8…
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Taliban spokesman says that China will maintain Afghan embassy and 'beef up' relationship
After the capital city of Kabul fell to the Taliban, the Islamist militia is now tasked with shifti…
John L. Dorman
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Bureaucratic red tape could leave thousands of Afghan refugees cut off from aid in the US
Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, shares how the work has just begun …
Charles Davis
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Afghan children face malnourishment, rights violations, and displacement as UNICEF readies for new leadership in Kabul
UNICEF estimates that without urgent action, one million children under the age of five will be mal…
Jake Epstein
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How much is a life worth? Refugee advocates ask Biden to waive fees for fleeing Afghans
Paying the fee does not guarantee application approval, and for families in the US seeking to spons…
Charles Davis
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'The Afghan people need us': World Food Programme staff determined to carry out mission under another Taliban rule
The World Food Programme estimates at least half of Afghanistan's population is food insecure and c…