The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid ...

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The Trump administration is working to identify and exempt specific USAID programmes from a sweeping freeze on foreign aid, ...

As a U.S. senator, Marco Rubio supported foreign aid and praised the U.S. Agency for International Development, aka USAID. Since he became secretary of state and USAID’s acting ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes pending a review into whether they are consistent with President Donald Trump’s ...

The criteria for exemptions will be whether a programme furthers or is aligned with US national interests. Read more at ...

BRUSSELS — The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a crisis after the United States halted dozens of aid grants despite an emergency waiver meant to keep food assistance flowing. The freeze ...

Exemptions include humanitarian assistance such as core life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter and subsistence ...

Just hours after taking office on Jan 20, Trump ordered a 90-day foreign aid pause so contributions could be reviewed. Read more at straitstimes.com.