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Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report findsSome of the world’s largest aid organisations are axing thousands of jobs as a result of US president Donald Trump’s freeze on o…
Exclusive: As chancellor scans budget for savings, Simon McDonald says need for humanitarian spending is ‘greater than ever’The former head of the Foreign Office has warned Rachel Reeves not to cut Britain’s international aid spending, amid signs the c…
Shipments of food and medical supplies from Asia are having to take longer, more expensive routes to avoid seaborne assaultsAttacks by Houthi forces against ships in the Red Sea are holding up shipments of vital aid to Sudan and driving up costs for ca…
At least 38 people, including a three-year-old girl, have died in the month after the earthquake struck, among 40,000 people living under tarpaulinAt least 38 people who survived an earthquake in Nepal have died after spending more than a month living …
World Food Programme warns it will stop helping to feed 1.4 million people including refugees from Darfur as global demand for assistance increasesThe UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that food aid for 1.4 million people in Chad faces a “loom…
Government paper says Britain must act robustly if interests challenged by the Chinese development modelChina’s growing role in international development marks a systemic global shift that will require robust challenge by Britain if its interests are t…
As former UK PM makes a return to cabinet, we look at his somewhat chequered record on global stageUK politics live – latest updatesDavid Cameron has made a shock return to the UK government as foreign secretary.A profile on the government’s website cr…
António Guterres calls for more aid trucks to enter besieged territory and calls for end to ‘dead end of destruction’The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that the Gaza Strip is becoming “a graveyard for children” as he cal…
Mexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food or water to surviveIn the small hours of Wednesday 25 October, Josefina Maldonado, a grandmother of two …
Polluted water supplies and salty groundwater are making people ill, with UN warning of threat of child deaths from dehydration Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesPalestinians who fled to southern Gaza, after warnings from Israel to leave their home…