US cites Egypt's help in Gaza as Washington sends full military aid despite human rights concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3 billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money over human rights concerns and citing Cairo's role as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas war. The State...

UN is cutting back on Yemen activities after crackdown by Houthi rebels on humanitarian staff

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is cutting back its activities in Yemen in response to a crackdown by Houthi rebels on staff working for the U.N. and other humanitarian, human rights, development and education organizations, the top U.N. aid official said Thursday. Acting...

UN investigator accuses Israel of a 'starvation campaign' in Gaza that Netanyahu denies

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. independent investigator on the right to food accused Israel of carrying out a “starvation campaign” against Palestinians during the war in Gaza, an allegation that Israel vehemently denies. In a report this week, investigator Michael Fakhri...

Egypt's president makes his first visit to Turkey as relations thaw

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Egypt on Wednesday found common ground on the war in Gaza as they continued to mend long-strained relations, emphasizing the need for a permanent cease-fire and guaranteed delivery of humanitarian aid. Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Challenges of the Gaza humanitarian aid pier offer lessons for the US Army

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping...

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year even as some at the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to accomplish and undercut the effort to persuade...

The US is sending $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, the Defense Department said Friday, even as Washington works to get a better understanding of Kyiv's incursion into Russia and how it advances the broader battlefield goals more than two years...

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan

CAIRO (AP) — Food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan facing famine amid the northeast African country's grinding conflict, a group of countries and the United Nations said in a joint statement Friday. The statement came at the conclusion of more than a week of talks in Geneva,...

The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, US officials say

Malawi receives an insurance payout of $11.2 million for El Nino-linked drought disaster

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Nino-linked drought that led the southern African nation to declare a state of disaster earlier this year. The payout was given to Malawi this month, the African...