BY NAGEHAN ALÇI COLUMNS OCT 09, 2021 Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç If the international community stops providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, it will be punishing the long-suffering Afghan people rather than the […]
Foreign affairs The debate on decolonising aid is pushing Switzerland to question how it is approaching development work. This content was published on October 5, 2021 – 09:00October 5, 2021 – […]
Little more than a month after the departure of American troops from Afghanistan, people in the country are struggling to pay for basic necessities as foreign cash dries up. Can […]
A general view ahead of an aid conference for Afghanistan at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 13, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/we5fa Western governments call on Taliban […]
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG September 07, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/m3gzm It is now clear that the 20-year effort by the US and its European allies to turn Afghanistan into a […]
Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from Kunduz and Takhar province due to battles between Taliban and Afghan security forces, collect food in Kabul. (AFP/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/65wqq Combined […]
1 / 3KSrelief distributes food baskets, provides medical services to refugees. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/85hym The general medicine clinics received 192 patients, pediatric clinics received 59 patients, the emergency department received […]
by Rafiq A. Tschannen The impressions a traveller receives when visiting Kosovo these days are bound to be manifold. One will come across many shocking scenes of destruction and atrocities, […]
US response to UK push for ceasefire in port city of Hodeidah remains unclear Julian Borger in Washington Bethan McKernan in Beirut First published on Mon 19 Nov 2018 […]
Fifteen leading economists, including three Nobel winners, argue that the many billions of dollars spent on aid can do little to alleviate poverty while we fail to tackle its root […]
By Christina Stucky This content was published on June 29, 2018 A study claims that by 2050, thirty new air conditioning units will be installed in China every 10 seconds. This […]
By Celia Luterbacher in Boston This content was published on June 5, 2018 Unmanned aerial vehicles can help provide relief in disaster situations, but there are logistical challenges as well as […]
By AFP – May 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Syrian coffee seller makes a coffee, in Gaziantep, in the southwest province of Turkey on May 1 (AFP photo by Ozan Kose) […]
Author: Jonathan Cook. March 8, 2016 (well, nothing has changed much since then)… Diplomats may have a reputation for greyness, obfuscation, even hypocrisy, but few have found themselves compared to a serial […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 17 February 2018 Princess Haya bint Hussein DUBAI: Princess Haya bint Hussein’s support for humanitarian causes is widely recognized. The princess — wife […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 7, 2017 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing the White House for New York in Washington, U.S., […]
Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré The scale of human suffering currently engulfing drought-stricken Somalia is almost indescribable. It is difficult to find words to convey the devastation and misery gripping the country, now in the midst of a prolonged period of record-low rainfall. I watched emaciated herds of […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA This aerial photo dated Aug. 18, 2017, shows the Kemmune refugee camp established by the Turkish Red Crescent north of Idlib, Syria. (AA Photo). Hosting millions of refugees fleeing violence in neighboring countries and listed as the most generous country for spending the largest portion of its […]
MAY 19, 2017 – Swiss assistance focused on livelihood generation schemes like helping women produce handicrafts (Swiss Cooperation Pakistan) Budget cuts have forced the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to withdraw aid to Pakistan. On Friday, SDC announced that it was ending development cooperation in two northern […]
May 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mark Suzman US President Donald Trump’s recently released 2018 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts in US foreign aid, prompting a discussion on the role of such spending in improving the health and wellbeing of the world’s most vulnerable people. This discussion is important, because, […]