In a word increasingly dominated by conflict and tension, international aid seems to be one of the first casualties. The past few years have seen a growing number of countries slashing or scaling back ...

Congress allocated $50 billion for initiatives aimed at supporting democracy, scholarship programs, U.S. embassy operations ...

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a major defense spending increase, funded by deep cuts to foreign aid—raising concerns about the future of global development and humanitarian efforts. Foreign ...

This week, the Trump administration has officially ceased to implement "foreign assistance programs that do not align with the Administration's policies and promote U.S. interests". One of the first ...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump’s new administration has plunged international development assistance into an existential crisis. Within hours of taking office in January, the ...

It's been over a week since Congress granted the White House its wish to claw back $7.9 billion that Congress previously allocated for spending on disease and famine control, disaster relief and ...

A Rohingya woman feeds a child nutritional supplements provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development in Bangladesh on Feb. 11. (Ro Yassin Abdumonab/Reuters) The arguments the Trump ...

The capital of Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, runs on aid. A city built in the 1970s by the World Bank, Lilongwe’s straight streets are filled with charities, development agencies and ...

Traditional donors have sharply scaled back their aid commitments to developing countries over the past year. Some, like the United States, have virtually eliminated their aid programs. According to ...