KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding makeshift encampments with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by the two-year war attempted…
Read more Freezing Rain Floods Gaza Camps and Leaves Displaced Palestinians in Dire ConditionsGENEVA (AP) — More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises…
Read more Millions Facing Acute Food Insecurity in Afghanistan as Winter Looms, UN WarnsZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — When darkness came, so did the smoke. Hamna Silima Nyange, like half of the 2 million people in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, did…
Read more Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communitiesZANZIBAR, Tanzania — When darkness came, so did the smoke. Hamna Silima Nyange, like half of the 2 million people in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, did not…
Read more Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communitiesPresident Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the…
Read more Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozenWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening…
Read more Democrats Seize on Trump Administration’s Efforts to Fight Food Stamp PaymentsThe impacts on basic needs — food and medical care — underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across the United States. The Trump administration’s plans to freeze…
Read more Uncertainty Over Federal Food Aid Deepens as the Shutdown Fight Reaches a Crisis PointNEW YORK (AP) — Your neighbors might soon need extra assistance putting food on the table. Philanthropy can’t fill the gap. Food banks, pantries and other nonprofits maintain…
Read more How Hunger Relief Groups Say You Can Help Feed Your Neighbors if the Shutdown Pauses Food AidCertain senators know it’s time for the government shutdown to come to an end. So does House Speaker Mike Johnson. And with President Donald Trump arriving back in…
Read more Lawmakers grasping for ways to end government shutdownBOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday will consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program…
Read more Judge to Consider Demand to Force the Government to Keep Funding SNAP Food Aid Despite the ShutdownNEW YORK (AP) — When the Trump administration froze foreign assistance overnight, urgent efforts began to figure out how to continue critical aid programs that could be funded…
Read more Private donors gave more than $125M to keep foreign aid programs going after US cutsUNITED NATIONS — Mike Waltz is approaching his new role as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a mandate from President Donald Trump to cut funding for…
Read more How Mike Waltz is leading the Trump administration’s ‘a la carte’ approach to UN fundingFood banks and pantries were already struggling after federal program cuts this year, but now they’re bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal…
Read more Food banks are preparing for a surge as federal food aid could be paused in the government shutdownThe results of Argentina’s midterm elections Sunday were not widely expected. Pre-election polls had predicted a tie nationwide. Instead there was a clear win for President Javier Milei’s…
Read more Javier Milei wins Argentina’s midterm election, gaining more power to push reformsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide…
Read more Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1Last week, the Trump administration stepped in with a $20 billion financial rescue for Argentina that could reach $40 billion, including a currency swap and a rare direct…
Read more Javier Milei’s libertarian experiment is in jeopardy. Argentina’s midterm elections will determine its fate.After the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this year, one woman who was fired has found a new space for advocacy work. After the…
Read more Woman who lost her job at USAID finds a new home for her advocacy efforts – WTOP NewsThe Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed that authorities received the remains of four more dead hostages. It said late Tuesday that the Red Cross handed the bodies…
Read more Israel receives remains of 4 more hostagesCAIRO — Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last 20 living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the dead, in the key exchange…
Read more Israel prepares to welcome last living hostages from GazaCAIRO (AP) — Preparations were underway Sunday for a ramp-up of aid entering the war-battered Gaza Strip under a new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will signal…
Read more Preparations Begin to Ramp up Aid in Gaza as Ceasefire Brings Hope for End to 2-Year War