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AT least 73 Palestinians have been killed while trying to reach desperately needed aid in Gaza, according to the territory’s health ministry..

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had ‘fired warning shots’ to remove what it said was ‘an immediate threat’

Since May, some 800 Palestinians killed at aid sites, most run by controversial US- and Israel-backed GHF, UN says.

The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and Central Africa as a result of U.S. aid cuts that have left the agency struggling

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely surviving

If the US cuts off the cash it will have world-changing effects, but it’s not the only country falling short in its obligations

Exclusive: Huge cuts to international aid – alongside intensifying conflict and the devastating impact of climate change – are creating a humanitarian crisis across Nigeria and its neighbours. Now, the UN’s food charity has warned that supplies of food are set to run out next month. Nick Ferris reports

Somalia is struggling with hunger, security and the impact of the climate crisis, despite decades of aid money worth billions of dollars, writes Nick Ferris. As aid money gets cut, is this the time for countries to wean themselves off aid dependency – and can they do it?

The UN's air service which flies humanitarian workers and cargo to hard-to-reach corners of the world has been forced to slash its global fleet by almost a quarter due to funding cuts, the World Food Programme (WFP) told AFP. WFP, which manages the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), received…

Witnesses and NGO records show hundreds have been killed since Israel-backed organisation began distributing food but it says its model is working

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, its humanitarian operations are increasingly in doubt as its top donor — the United States — has cut funding under the Trump administration and some other top Western countries have followed suit