Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies
Italian charity founder and surgeon Gino Strada dies
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Gino Strada, the founder of one of Italy's most prominent charities and builder of...
Read moreAfghanistan on brink of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’, U.N. agencies say
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. agencies on Friday warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan as Taliban advances drive tens of...
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U.S. envoy to visit Ethiopia to try to halt fighting
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is sending his special envoy for the Horn of Africa to Ethiopia amid...
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‘Pretty devastating’: Sydney councillor delivers food in lockdown districts
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bilal El-Hayek and friend and volunteer Amer Yassine carry boxes of packaged meals onto...
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U.S. gives Myanmar $50 million in aid as humanitarian crisis worsens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was giving Myanmar more than $50 million in aid as...
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Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after abduction, governor says
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her...
Read moreU.S. gives $165 million in new Yemen aid, urges others to follow
DUBAI (Reuters) -The United States is providing $165 million in new humanitarian assistance for Yemen, the U.S. Special Envoy for...
Read moreTop Houthi negotiator says no point in meeting new U.N. envoy now
DUBAI (Reuters) - The chief negotiator for Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it would be futile to hold...
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Resurgent Taliban take provincial capital, kill Afghan govt spokesman
KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan provincial capital and killed the government's senior media officer in Kabul on Friday...
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Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants docks in Sicily port
TRAPANI, Italy (Reuters) - A ship carrying 257 migrants docked in the Italian port of Trapani on Saturday almost a...
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New ASEAN envoy to Myanmar says he wants full access when he visits
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) -The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar...
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U.N. chief names Swedish diplomat as new Yemen envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as his new Yemen envoy...
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Millions of children go hungry in insurgency-hit northeast Nigeria – NGO
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 2.3 million children and youth are going hungry in northeast Nigeria where an Islamist...
Read moreDrought compounds humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as conflict intensifies
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Millions of Afghans are struggling to put food on the table as prolonged drought disrupts...
Read moreHomes flooded, fields and roads damaged as heavy rain hits North Korea
By Josh Smith and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - More than 1,100 homes in North Korea were damaged, thousands of...
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U.N. appeals for funds to fight hunger in Myanmar
By Doyinsola Oladipo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday it may not have enough...
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Macron criticises ‘failing’ Lebanese leaders as $370 million raised
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron criticised a "failing" Lebanese political class he blamed for their country's...
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Biden says U.S. will send $100 million more in aid to Lebanon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the United States will give nearly $100 million in additional...
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U.S.’s Blinken, Sudan’s prime minister discuss Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday about the...
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Fighting displaces 200,000 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region -U.N. aid chief
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that accusations by Ethiopian authorities that aid workers...
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