Related article US foreign aid freeze is upending global aid and the work of contractors Trump placed an unprecedented 90-day freeze on foreign assistance on his first day in office January 20.

FILE - A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 21, 2019, on the border with Venezuela.

Infectious diseases do not know borders, she pointed out. “It’s terrifying.” Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio first issued the freeze on aid operations last Friday, which included limited ...

It was easy to miss amid last week’s barrage of executive orders, but on his first day in office, President Donald Trump halted all new disbursements of foreign development aid for 90 days.

The flurry of announcements and changes to the U.S. foreign aid landscape, including work stoppages, likely funding cuts, and massive layoffs have flown fast and furious in the first week of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S-funded aid programs around the world have begun firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop their operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze ...

“It all kind of happened by accident.” Rummey is operating at 100 kilometres an hour: he’s greeting customers by name, taking orders, cleaning tables, frying falafels and assembling his house-made ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and disastrous ...

The decision to freeze foreign aid comes as part of the Trump administration's "America First" approach, which seeks to ensure that U.S. foreign assistance aligns with national security interests ...

In another executive order signed on Monday, Trump temporarily suspended all US foreign aid programmes for 90 days ... tariffs on Canada and Mexico on his first day in office.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with ...

630 aid trucks on Sunday, 915 on Monday, 897 on Tuesday Aid challenges include damaged road network, people on the move UN says food aid, healthcare, repairing shelter among priorities UNITED ...