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How the US foreign aid freeze is intensifying humanitarian crises across the globe

CNN — Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it. These aren’t warnings of what’s to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and the gutting of the …

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Egypt Independent February 6, 2025

Lebanon ceasefire talks intensify as Hezbollah considers new US-Israeli proposal

CNN — Hezbollah is considering a US-Israeli ceasefire proposal, sources told CNN, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group intensify. The US ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson, relayed the proposal to the Lebanese government on Thursday night, a Lebanese official familiar with the discussions told CNN. The proposal, …

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Egypt Independent November 16, 2024

North Sudan’s remaining hospital risks closure as deadly civil war intensifies

CNN — The last operating public hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur state is at risk of closure, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Wednesday, amid fierce fighting between the country’s rival military factions that have left more than 18,000 people dead and 33,000 injured. Civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces …

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Egypt Independent August 14, 2024