International aid groups have helped persuade the U.S. government that fighting global poverty should be considered a top foreign-policy goal, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told nonprofit ...

Dozens of humanitarian organizations have begun rapidly scaling up operations in the hopes of delivering aid to Gaza again amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Items in Gaza -- including food, clean water ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Heather Kerr of the International Rescue Committee about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the challenges facing the response efforts.

Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on Gaza have struck a devastating blow to humanitarian principles and severely obstructed the delivery of essential aid. In nearly two years of war, Israeli forces have ...

The European Commission revised the Code of Best Practices for the conduct of State aid control procedures. The revised Code opens a pathway for NGOs to challenge State aid decisions on EU ...

Israel agreed on Wednesday to a three-hour “humanitarian truce” to allow aid workers and supplies to reach civilians in Gaza. But some advocacy and relief groups are saying the truce is not enough to ...