Humanitarian aid/Disaster relief

Gaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces intercepted 41 vessels, 10 still sailing

Sailing boats, part of Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, are pictured before their departure in the southern Turkish resort of Marmaris, Turkey, on May 14.

Cuba mulls US offer of $100 million in aid but wary of Trump's motives, blockade

A man drives an electric rickshaw along an avenue as Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early Thursday morning, cutting power across eastern Cuba amid a U.S. fuel blockade, in Havana, Cuba, May 14, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

US pledges new humanitarian aid to UN, says must align with Trump’s interests

US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz attending a UN Security Council meeting at the UN's headquarters in New York City, in April 2026.

UN says can feed a million more Afghan children if wars stop

The WFP estimated that five million women and children in Afghanistan will experience a life-threatening level of malnutrition in 2026.

Rubio says Cuba leaders must go as US dangles $127 million in aid

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American, has been widely reported to be in contact with segments of the Cuban elite.

Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek (left) and Brazilian Thiago Avila were detained by Israeli authorities on April 29 and brought to Israel.

Somalia faces severe malnutrition crisis as WFP warns of aid halt

Internally displaced people sit outside their makeshift shelters during a visit by World Food Programme’s Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations, Matthew Hollingworth (not in the photo), to assess the knock on effects from the escalation in the Middle East, alongside drought and sharp cuts in humanitarian funding that are worsening hunger, in Kahda district of Mogadishu, Somalia May 7, 2026. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Doctors Without Borders charity says Israel has ‘manufactured malnutrition crisis’ in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders called on the Israeli authorities to allow the unhindered entry of assistance and supplies into Gaza.

Israeli court rejects flotilla activists’ appeal challenging detention

Brazilian activist Thiago Avila being escorted into court in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on May 5.

UN demands Israel ‘immediately’ release Gaza flotilla activists

Activist Saif Abu Keshek sits at a magistrate's court for a detention extension hearing in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on May 3.

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