Humanitarian aid/Disaster relief

‘Iran is being destroyed in front of our eyes’: Tehran is gripped by fear

A girl steps through the ruins of an auto service center that was targeted by US-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran.

US upends global supply programme for malaria and HIV amid warnings of gaps

Sources said the US was talking to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria about using its supply platform to procure and deliver donations of global health products in future.

Medical needs surging in Iran and supplies under threat, Red Cross warns

People stand near damaged buildings, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, in this still image obtained from a handout video released on April 1, 2026. Iranian Red Crescent Society/Handout via REUTERS

Two humanitarian aid boats safely reach Havana after being located by Mexican Navy

A screengrab from a video shows one of two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba that went missing in the Caribbean, the Mexican Navy located the vessels, whose crews were reported safe, after they disappeared en route from Isla Mujeres to Havana, according to Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy, obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2026. MEXICAN NAVY/Handout via REUTERS

Sailboats carrying aid from Mexico to Cuba still missing

FILE PHOTO: The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists taking part in the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante/File Photo

Cholera aid for African countries stalled by Iran conflict

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese women sit on beds while monitoring their family members treated for dengue fever at Omdurman Hospital, as Sudan grapples with outbreaks of dengue and cholera amid the annual rainy season and a collapsed healthcare and infrastructure system, in Khartoum, Sudan, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

Two humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says

FILE PHOTO: The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists taking part in the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante/File Photo

International convoy delivers tons of aid to Cuba amid crisis

Activists and members of a flotilla coming from Mexico and carrying aid react upon their arrival to Havana’s bay amid a U.S. oil blockade that has dealt a major blow to the island's already ailing energy infrastructure, in Havana, Cuba, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

US State Dept forms new humanitarian bureau after foreign aid overhaul

Trump officials and the US Department of Government Efficiency dismantled the US Agency for International Development after taking office in January 2025.

Iranian rescue workers struggle under relentless bombardment

Members of a Red Crescent rescue team hold a doll, at the site of a building that was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 17, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

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