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UN wants $41 billion to address surging aid needs in 2022
The UN said Thursday it wanted $41 billion to address skyrocketing aid needs worldwide, as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change and ... World News -
Saudi Arabia is world’s biggest donor of humanitarian aid to Yemen: KSrelief
Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest donor of humanitarian aid to Yemen, having pledged $18 billion to the country over the past six years, the King ... Gulf -
US Secretary of State commends UAE evacuation efforts in Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has commended the support by the United Arab Emirates for the evacuation operations in Afghanistan in a phone ... Gulf -
Germany says will stop aid to Afghanistan if Taliban seizes power
Germany said Thursday that it would stop sending financial support to Afghanistan in the event that the Taliban succeeded in seizing power in the ... World News -
Russia says bid to allow Syria aid through Iraq a ‘non-starter’ despite UN calls
Russia’s UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia on Wednesday described as a “non-starter” a bid to reopen a second border crossing into Syria from Iraq for aid ... Middle East -
World Bank allocates $150 mln to Yemen for healthcare, nutrition, water, sanitation
The World Bank on Wednesday allocated $150 million for war-torn Yemen to bolster access to basic healthcare, nutrition, and water and sanitation ... Gulf -
Cutting access to aid in Syria will intensify suffering for 1.3 mln people: Agencies
A UN Security Council resolution that leaves only one of two border crossings open for aid deliveries from Turkey into opposition-held northwestern ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: UAE provides aid to more than 1 million medical workers worldwide
The UAE announced Monday that it had provided aid to more than one million medical workers worldwide through the supply of over 1,000 tons of personal ... Coronavirus -
UN suggests Turkey border crossing to deliver aid to northeast Syria
The United Nations has suggested that the Tal Abyad border crossing between Syria and Turkey could be used to deliver aid to civilians in northeast ... Middle East -
No progress seen despite intense UN talks on Syria aid
UN Security Council members held an intensive round of meetings on Friday on the humanitarian crisis in Syria’s embattled Idlib province amid ... Middle East -
Mobile phones top the list of tech speeding up aid operations in 2019: Poll
Mobile technology had the biggest benefit of all technology on aid operations in 2019, according to an exclusive poll by the Thomson Reuters ... Features -
UN chief says cross border aid into Syria is essential
The UN chief is urging the Security Council to authorize the delivery of critically needed humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria ... Middle East -
Lebanon faces ‘chaotic unwinding’ of economy without reforms: ISG
Lebanon faces a chaotic unwinding of its economy and increased instability if it does not enact swift reforms that give international financial ... Middle East -
US withholding $105 mln in security aid for Lebanon: Sources
US President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon, two US officials said on Thursday, two days ... Middle East -
Sudan agrees to entry of aid, renewed ceasefire
Sudan’s government agreed on Monday to allow humanitarian relief to war-torn parts of the country and renewed a ceasefire pact with major rebel ... Middle East -
MSF suspends work in northeast Syria, withdraws foreign aid workers
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said on Tuesday it had suspended most of its medical aid activities in northeast Syria and was ... Middle East -
Britain urged to act over rising global attacks on aid workers
Growing violence against aid and health workers in conflict zones is jeopardizing humanitarian operations, British parliamentarians said on Tuesday as ... Features -
Mexico says US development aid to fund wind farm, LNG plant
The Mexican government says a natural gas plant and a wind farm to produce electricity will be the first two projects under a US development program ... Economy -
UN aid official: Houthis blocking food for thousands in Yemen
A World Food Programme spokesperson says Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia have blocked a shipment meant to feed some 100,000 families in the ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia and the UAE pledge $3bn aid for Sudan
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have granted Sudan $3 billion in support, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Sunday. The grant includes a ... Gulf -
Coalition: Houthis prevented passage of aid vessel from Hodeidah to Sanaa
The pro-Iranian Houthi militias prevented the passage of an international aid vessel from Hodeidah port to Sanaa, the Arab Coalition supporting the ... Gulf -
UN Security Council authorizes Syria aid deliveries for another year
The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries across war-scarred Syria. The move came despite ... Middle East -
US approves $550 mln aid to boost Senegal electricity
The United States on Wednesday announced $550 million in assistance to Senegal to help the fast-growing country meet rising demand for electricity. ... World News -
Houthi restrictions push UN to suspend crucial cash aid to 9 mln Yemenis
The UN children’s agency on Wednesday suspended cash transfers to 9 million of Yemen’s most impoverished citizens under pressure from the ... Gulf -
US military to cancel $300m in Pakistan aid over terror groups
The US military is seeking to reallocate $300 million in aid to Pakistan due to Islamabad's lack of "decisive actions" in support of ... World News -
US cut in aid amounts to ‘cheap blackmail’, say Palestinian officials
US President Donald Trump’s administration is resorting to “cheap blackmail” against the Palestinians with its decision to cut more ... Middle East -
United States cuts more than $200 million in aid to Palestinians
The United States said Friday that it had canceled more than $200 million in aid for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, leading their ... Middle East -
US releases $195 mln in frozen military aid to Egypt
The Trump administration has decided to release $195 million in military aid to Egypt that was frozen last year because of human rights concerns, a ... Economy -
UN aid chief: ‘Clear evidence’ of need in North Korea
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief said Wednesday he had seen “clear evidence” of need in North Korea- where one fifth of ... World News -
Arab coalition allows four ships into Yemen’s Hodeidah port
The Arab coalition backing the Yemeni legitimate government, announced that it issued four entry permits for ships heading to Hodeidah port in the ... Gulf