Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies
About 5,000 evacuated from Kabul in last 24 hours-Western official
KABUL (Reuters) - About 5,000 diplomats, security staff, aid workers and Afghans have been evacuated from the capital Kabul in...
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International community ‘deeply worried’ about Afghan women, ready to assist -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, European Union and 19 other countries on Wednesday released a statement calling on people...
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Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) -Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people...
Read moreJapan seeks to secure safety of nationals in Afghanistan
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is in close contact with a "small number" of its nationals still in Afghanistan, seeking to ensure...
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Biden, UK’s Johnson discuss Afghanistan, agree to hold G7 meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan...
Read more‘She is really suffering’: mothers beg aid for children hurt in Haiti quake
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Seventeen-month-old Esther Sanon lay on a mat in the overflowing hospital of...
Read moreExplosions heard in Quneitra province in southwestern Syria -state media
AMMAN (Reuters) - Explosions were heard on Tuesday in Quneitra province in southwestern Syria near the border with Israel, state...
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Haiti quake death toll should be far below 2010 disaster: USAID
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The death toll from Haiti's earthquake on Saturday is unlikely to be "anywhere near" a 2010 quake...
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U.N. aid chief in Afghanistan warns of hunger caused by drought
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The Taliban have assured the United Nations it can pursue humanitarian work in drought-hit...
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Finland to halt development aid to Afganistan after Taliban takeover
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland said on Tuesday it would halt development aid to its largest partner Afghanistan following the Taliban's...
Read moreMore than 40,000 war-wounded treated in Afghanistan since June -Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 40,000 people wounded during fighting in Afghanistan have been treated since June at health facilities...
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Mass job terminations hit hundreds of Yemenis in Saudi Arabia
By Mohammed Ghobari and Reyam Mokhashef ADEN (Reuters) - Abdulrahman Tayeb, a Yemeni doctor, was shocked when his hospital in...
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Haiti mourners tell of church collapse horror during quake
By Laura Gottesdiener TOIRAC, Haiti (Reuters) - When the ground began to tremble during a church funeral service in the...
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Storm brings floods as Haitians seek help at overloaded hospitals after quake
By Laura Gottesdiener and Ricardo Arduengo LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) -Doctors in Haiti on Monday battled in makeshift tents to...
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Haiti quake revives anger over aid response to past disasters
By Laura Gottesdiener and Dave Graham PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -The earthquake that ravaged Haiti https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitians-scramble-rescue-survivors-ruins-major-quake-2021-08-15 on Saturday has revived anger over...
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Germany vows to airlift as many people as it can out of Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is working to get as many people as possible out of Afghanistan quickly, Foreign Minister Heiko...
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Congo says U.S. to deploy counter-terrorism advisors to restive east
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - Special forces from the United States will soon deploy to Democratic Republic of Congo's...
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U.N. calls for Haiti ‘humanitarian corridor’ in gang-held areas
By Laura Gottesdiener and Drazen Jorgic PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A "humanitarian corridor" through Haiti's gang-infested areas should be established so...
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U.N. chief urges Taliban restraint, is concerned about women, girls
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the Taliban and all other...
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Albania, Kosovo say ready to temporarily house Afghan refugees
PRISTINA (Reuters) -Albania and Kosovo have accepted a U.S. request to temporarily take in Afghan refugees seeking visas to enter...
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