Every year, on the second Saturday in September, World First Aid Day reminds us of the significance of the role played by timely medical aid in saving lives. This year the day being celebrated on 13th ...

Global aid faces a $25 billion funding crisis in 2024, leaving 300 million people without essential humanitarian support as major donors cut budgets. Thirteen countries—including Afghanistan, Yemen, ...

Aid workers face more difficult and dangerous conditions in carrying out their work than ever before. The United Nations declared 2024 the worst year on record, with 385 aid workers killed in 20 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Every two months, Claudia Ncutinamagara, a 39-year-old Burundian living in one of the world’s largest refugee camps, receives four kilograms of cereals, a kilogram of lentils and just over a liter of ...

London, UK, April 29, 2025 — The argument I am going to make today has four parts: That the convulsions in the aid system are lead indicators of major geopolitical reordering in other parts of the ...

The United States and other countries are cutting humanitarian relief. Our reporter went to Somalia to see the impact. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. When the Trump administration ...

ISTANBUL — Aid groups have said they’re seeking to boost humanitarian relief shipments into Iran as the effects of the United States-Israeli war hit the population. The Red Cross said on Tuesday that ...

The Red Cross said on Tuesday that a shipment of life-saving medical supplies and other aid has crossed the border into Iran, its first delivery since the start of the war. The shipment of medical ...