NNA - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of U.S.-funded grants, according to an email seen by Reuters, that was sent five days after Secretary of S ...

BRUSSELS — The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a crisis after the United States halted dozens of aid grants despite an emergency waiver meant to keep food assistance flowing. The freeze ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes ...

The Trump administration is working to identify and exempt specific USAID programmes from a sweeping freeze on foreign aid, ...

Exemptions include humanitarian assistance such as core life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter and subsistence ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ... aid groups around the world. In a statement late Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Rubio had provided waivers for food assistance as well ...

The criteria for exemptions will be whether a programme furthers or is aligned with US national interests. Read more at ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver on Tuesday exempting ... refers to “core life-saving medicine, medical services, food, shelter, and subsistence assistance,” in addition ...

which is the world’s biggest donor, will make exceptions for emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt The United States froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday. Marco Rubio ...