Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. At its best, humanitarian aid is a lifeline—keeping civilians alive in war zones, famine-struck regions, and disaster ...

Dozens of humanitarian organizations have begun rapidly scaling up operations in the hopes of delivering aid to Gaza again amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Items in Gaza -- including food, clean water ...

The Great Aid Recession: 2025’s Humanitarian Crash in Nine Charts The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political ...

Humanitarian organizations under intense strain because of the United States’ steep cuts to foreign aid say they are ...

The Israeli military began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day as part of a series of steps that it says would give the United Nations and other aid ...

Over 305 million people worldwide need humanitarian aid, but access is often blocked in crisis zones. Humanitarian access refers to safe, dignified delivery of aid to vulnerable communities without ...

Israel announced last Sunday it would pause military activity in some areas to allow more aid into Gaza following international outrage over widespread starvation and deaths from malnutrition caused ...

Humanitarian aid plays a crucial role in responding to crises, natural disasters, conflicts, famines, and pandemics helping millions worldwide. Funding for such aid primarily comes from governments ...

In early 2025, the Trump administration cancelled roughly 83% of grants administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Other major donor governments, including the ...

AMMAN, Jordan — Israel, having banned the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from sending aid and staff to Gaza, is now taking unprecedented steps to de-register major nongovernmental ...

Several international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), face being barred from working in Gaza from Thursday for failing to comply with Israel’s new restrictions for ...