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Hamas loyalists and Egyptian troops opened fire along Gaza's volatile border Wednesday, leaving an Egyptian soldier dead and more than a dozen Gazans hurt in the bloodiest clash between the two sides in a year. Complete Story...
More than 1,000 Vermont dairy farmers will share in $5.7 million in emergency federal support to help them recover from the lowest prices in 40 years for their milk.
Farmers hurt by bad weather last year will soon be able to sign up for aid under a federal disaster program.
U.S. farmers hit hard by drought, drenching rains or other disasters in 2009 shouldn't expect emergency aid from Congress this year.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says the United States Department of Agriculture has started to process emergency payments to dairy farmers who have struggled with low milk prices.
U.S. officials delivered five helicopters to Mexico on Tuesday to help the country in its fight against drug cartels.
Some Southern lawmakers are seeking billions of dollars in emergency aid for farmers after recent natural disaster declarations in at least 20 states.
Only one in three homeowners who have signed up for the Obama administration's mortgage relief plan have sent back the necessary paperwork, highlighting continuing problems for the government's effort to stem the foreclosure crisis.
The Obama administration's embattled mortgage relief plan has provided permanent help to only 4 percent of borrowers who have signed up, weak results that could threaten the housing market's recovery.
France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it.
A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday.
Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday.
Shontaye Edwards spends her day in a gray cubicle at a Bank of America call center in this Dallas suburb. On the other end of the phone line are homeowners — tense, exasperated and looking for help.
The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post.
The Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says, but most of those borrowers are on temporary trial plans that have yet to be made final.
South Korea offered a small amount of food aid to North Korea on Monday — its first direct assistance to the impoverished neighbor in nearly two years of strained relations.
President Barack Obama faces increasing pressure to fill his administration's vacant top foreign assistance post, but there's no candidate in sight nine months into his term.
Vermont's congressional delegation says $350 million in emergency funding will give struggling dairy farmers across the country a temporary boost but more help is needed to stabilize the dairy industry and preserve family farms.
South Korea will consider resuming humanitarian aid to impoverished North Korea but it has ruled out assistance on the large scale of previous, more liberal administrations, a senior official said Sunday.
President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a $7.5 billion aid package for Pakistan that the U.S.-ally's military criticized as American meddling in its internal affairs.
Just last week, Pakistan's foreign minister was playing down his army's objections to a multibillion dollar U.S. aid bill. Days later, after a session with the army chief, he was back in Washington urging U.S. lawmakers to address the very concerns he had dismissed.
The Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says.
Pakistan's powerful military expressed "serious concern" Wednesday over a multibillion dollar U.S. aid package planned for the country, opening up a rift with the weak U.S.-backed civilian government and bolstering critics who warn the bill will lead to greater American interference.
The United Nations appealed Tuesday for $74 million to help 1 million flood victims in the Philippines, which has been lashed by two major storms.
The Rev. Aengus Finucane, a Roman Catholic missionary and Irish aid pioneer who braved civil wars and learned he must "fight like hell to do any good," died Tuesday, his charity announced. He was 77.
BBC News - Afghan aid fails to feed the hungryBy Peter Greste BBC News, Parwan province, Afghanistan It is not hard to see why Alla Gul is upset. Her two-year-old daughter cries weakly in her arms with barely enough energy to eat.
From Prince to pauper: how William spent the night on the freezing streetsAs a child Prince William was taken by his mother on a secret visit to see the homeless in a Centrepoint shelter, an experience that led to his becoming the charity's patron a decade later.
BBC News - World 'failed Gaza over Israeli blockade' - aid groupsAid agencies have strongly criticised the international community for failing to help bring an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza. The charities made the accusation in a report published just ahead of the anniversary of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.
For America, we're getting a lousy deal out of the whole "UN" thing. Take a look at the war in the Middle East. After the troop surge, America will have over 90,000 troops spread through Afghanistan and Iraq. Britian has 3,500 More countries have less.
BBC News - US diplomats in Pakistan visa rowUS diplomats have complained that Pakistan is delaying the extension of visas of more than 100 US officials. They say that those affected are engaged in diplomatic, military and aid services and may not be able to return to Pakistan after the Christmas break.
Are Your Interns Saving the World? IBM's AreA new initiative called SMS for Life, born from the minds of a group of IBM's Extreme Blue interns and pharmaceutical company Photo by Olympia Wereko-Brobby, courtesy of IBM.
Mystery pair at diner spark cascade of giving It played like a scene from a holiday movie — a mystery couple, who didn't leave their names or numbers, walked into a restaurant, finished their meal and then set off a chain reaction of generosity that lasted for hours.
UN envoy: Somalia aid faces 'grave' crisis - CNN.comA global recession and the hijacking of international aid are among factors behind a potentially "life-threatening" humanitarian funding crisis facing Somalia as aid funds dwindle, according to the United Nations' top envoy to Somalia.
Mauritania: Three Spanish volunteers kidnapped from humanitarian convoySpanish humanitarian organisation Barcelona Accio Solidaria, which saw three of its volunteers kidnapped in Mauritania this weekend, announced Tuesday that its aid convoy will continue under military protection.
DAWN.COM | Front Page | Funds for Taliban largely come from abroad: HolbrookeBRUSSELS, July 28: Taliban militants were receiving more funding from their sympathisers abroad than from Afghanistan's illegal drug trade, the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Tuesday.
Yemen Kidnappers Release Japanese Aid Worker After Negotiations A Japanese aid worker abducted in Yemen last week was freed today after tribal leaders intervened with the kidnappers, a provincial governor said.
Do the Arab states really care about the Palestinians?"Why, you might be wondering, have the UN agency's troubles been mounting of late? After all, fuel prices surged last year, with oil peaking in July 2008 at a high of $150 a barrel, so the coffers of Arab treasuries throughout the region were hardly lacking for funds with which t …
Man for all seasons: Bob GeldofGeldof, who was in Malaysia as a speaker for the Youth Engagement Summit (YES) 2009 at Putrajaya last week, said: "Yeah, I'm Mr Bloody Africa, aren't I?"
Veteran Hopes to Move Away from Gary, Indiana, to Warmer ClimateCharles Weatherspoon, American veteran, turned to an organization specifically geared toward helping homeless veterans stabilize their lives.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan's Taliban dilemma, Despite being relatively few in number, the Afghan Taliban are thriving in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they take advantage of Islamabad's apparent ambivalence towards them, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports from Kabul.
US Congress Withholds Military Aid to the Philippines Due to Human Rights Abuses[Manila, Philippines] The United States Congress has withheld the US$2-million military aid to the Philippines in 2010 due to human rights concerns.
New agreement boosts role of grassroots womenUN-HABITAT has signed a milestone agreement with the Huairou Commission to strengthen the involvement of grassroots women in projects and programmes for better housing and sustainable urban development.
I had an appointment at the local DPSS office, I needed some help. Do they even realize what it takes for someone like me to swallow his pride and for ask for help. I ask but I will not beg, I rather sale my ass at the corner then do that.
US to clamp down on terror funding sourcesWashington: The US has begun to squeeze the funding and flow of money to terrorist organisations in the Af-Pak region including the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Haqqani network and Laskhar-e-Taiba, and keeping a tab on "hawala" transactions, a top Obama Administration official has sai …
Cancers Can Vanish Without Treatment, but How?...screening appears to be finding many small tumors that would not be a problem if they were left alone, undiscovered by screening. They were destined to stop growing on their own or shrink, or even, at least in the case of some breast cancers, disappear. More Articles
Two aid workers kidnapped in Darfur set free after three monthsTwo members of Irish aid agency GOAL kidnapped at gunpoint in Sudan's Darfur region in July were freed early Sunday after more than 100 days in captivity, a Sudanese minister told AFP.
Sudan Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen Guarding WFP Staff in Darfur Masked gunmen shot dead two policemen in Sudan who were guarding a guesthouse used by World Food Program staff in South Darfur, the United Nations organization said.
HUD Helping Florida Home Agencies with GrantsThis month, it was announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, better known as HUD, doled out $1.2 million in grants to various housing agencies in Florida.
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