Venezuela: Humanitarian aid with a sting in the tail
By Andonis Vassiliades The Venezuelan political scene which is ominously heading to a conflict and civil war between the so-called democratic versus socialist forces demonstrates,...
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Humanitarian aid to the enclaved resumes
The dispatch of humanitarian aid to the enclaved living in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus resumed on Thursday morning, following a decision by north to revoke...
Humanitarian aid to enclaved resumes on Thursday
The UN will resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to Maronites and Greek Cypriots living in the north on Thursday. It will be the first delivery in...
Humanitarian aid to north could restart in two weeks
Humanitarian aid to Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the north could start to be sent anew within two weeks, Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Photis Photiou...
Duty on humanitarian aid sent to north lifted
Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay announced on Saturday that duty charged on humanitarian aid sent to Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the north...
‘Foreign minister’ Ozersay: duty on aid sent north was wrong
Turkish Cypriot foreign ‘minister’ Kudret Ozersay has said the previous ‘government’s’ decision to impose duty on the humanitarian aid the Republic sends to Greek Cypriots...
North to announce ‘reasonable’ policy on ‘aid tax’
Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay announced on Wednesday that authorities in the north will soon make an announcement concerning the ‘customs duty’ imposed on government...
Cyprus ready to help Greece after floods
Cyprus is ready to offer any humanitarian help to Greece following the deadly floods which hit the country, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. In...
Gulf states announce humanitarian hotline for mixed Qatari families
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates announced hotlines to help families with Qatari members, their official news agencies reported, after their cutting of...
U.S. ‘outraged’ over reported bombing of Syria aid convoy -State Department
The United States is “outraged” by reports that a humanitarian aid convoy was bombed near Aleppo, Syria, on Monday and Washington will reassess future cooperation...
China pledges additional $100m humanitarian aid for refugees
China plans to provide an additional $100 million in assistance to help deal with the global refugee and migrant crisis and is also considering setting...
Rebel says Aleppo due to get aid Friday, but has little hope it will
Humanitarian aid is due to be delivered to Aleppo on Friday following a withdrawal of combatants from a contested road leading to the city on...
Syria ceasefire deal with Russia close, but Obama says ‘not there yet’ (Update 1)
President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia were working on Sunday to try to finalise a ceasefire in Syria that would allow more...
Syria withholds aid to 900,000 people, risks new siege in Aleppo – UN
Syria’s government is refusing UN demands to deliver aid to 905,000 people including in Aleppo, the city at the centre of an eruption of fighting...
Syria aid trucks reach edge of besieged Damascus suburb (Updated)
A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrived outside a besieged Damascus suburb on Wednesday in a major, UN-backed deal to deliver aid to tens...
Aid to be sent to besieged Syrian areas on Monday-sources
Humanitarian aid will be delivered to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya and two blockaded villages in the northwest on Monday according to an agreement...
Greece asks EU for humanitarian aid to cope with migration crisis
Greece asked the European Union on Monday for humanitarian aid to help it cope with what it called “a volatile situation” following the large flow...
War-torn Yemen on brink of famine as coalition bombs port – UN
War-torn Yemen is on the brink of famine, with millions of women and children most at risk of starvation as fighting around major ports stalls...
World Bank pledges up to $500 mln for quake-hit Nepal
By Anna Yukhananov The World Bank on Tuesday pledged up to half a billion dollars to help Nepal rebuild after two earthquakes killed nearly 9,000...
Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen after truce expires (Updated)
By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Angus McDowall Saudi-led forces resumed military operations in Yemen after a five-day ceasefire ended late on Sunday, and Yemen’s foreign minister...