Latest Foreign aid News

Israel's ban on UN's Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here's what that looks like

Jan. 30, 2025 10:18 AM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional...

Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

Jan. 29, 2025 13:47 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Freezing foreign aid. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions. Then Monday, the new Trump administration announced a freeze on all federal loans and grants, though that pause has...

US aid freeze leads to suspension of health care to Myanmar refugees in Thailand

Jan. 29, 2025 11:51 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand where more than 100,000 are living, activists and Thai officials said...

A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds more exemptions

Jan. 28, 2025 21:16 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt. Secretary of State Marco Rubio,...

Amazon's advocates fear Trump's return means little US help to protect rainforest

Jan. 28, 2025 12:11 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River. Pink dolphins and fish died. Crops dried up. The town lost its easy access to markets. ...

Haitian leader says the Trump administration’s plans will be 'catastrophic' for his country

Jan. 25, 2025 16:46 PM EST

ROME (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council said the Trump administration’s decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti. Leslie Voltaire made the comment in an interview with The Associated...

US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Jan. 25, 2025 13:03 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after newly sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for 90 days. Zelenskyy did not clarify whether...

UN suspends all trips into Houthi-held areas of Yemen over 7 more staffers being detained

Jan. 24, 2025 23:49 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations on Friday suspended all travel into areas held by Yemen's Houthi rebels after seven more of their staff were detained by the rebels. The Houthis have already detained U.N. staffers, as well as individuals associated with the...

State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

Jan. 24, 2025 20:15 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt. The order threatened a quick halt to many of the billions of dollars in...

Davos 2025: Some notable quotes from the World Economic Forum meeting

Jan. 23, 2025 12:43 PM EST

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading business and political figures attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, have discussed and debated topics such as technology, tariffs, climate change, Ukraine, Gaza and the global economy this week. Here is some of what they said: ...