Egypt Coup Earns $8 Billion Reward From Neighboring States

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 10, 2013 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have given Egypt $8 billion in cash, loans and fuel since military leaders arrested President Mohamed Morsi and shot dead dozens of his supporters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Venezuelan President Gives Heating Aid to U.S. Poor

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2013 For the eighth year in a row, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is donating oil to 100,000 American households who can't heat their homes because they are jobless and the government no longer provides for them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Contemplates ‘Additional Measures’ for Syria

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 Press representatives at the White House and the State Department are using the same vague phrase, "additional measures," to describe the administration's mystery plan for addressing the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Militant Group Blocks Aid in Somalia

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2011 The World Food Program and other such aid organizations have been unable to reach 2.2 million famine victims in militant-controlled areas of Somalia. In fact, the militant group al-Shabab denies that a famine is happening at all. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

G-8 Promises

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE May 31, 2011 Dig deeper

Niger Seeks Aid for Weary Libyan Refugees

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2011 The government of Niger has appealed to the international community for assistance for almost 60,000 people who have fled to Niger from Libya since fighting began in February. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flotilla Raid Deemed Legal

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 In a result sure to spark intense debate, Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last May has been declared by a government commission to be a legal use of force for self-defense. Israeli commandos killed nine activists attempting to break the blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lebanon Gave Israel Tips on Fighting Hezbollah

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2010 More juicy stuff from the WikiLeaks mine: Lebanon’s defense minister aided Israel in 2008 by offering advice to Israeli officials on how best to combat the Shiite paramilitary group inside Lebanon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two-Thirds of Benin Is Underwater

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2010 The U.N. has begun flying tents into the West African country of Benin to shelter some of the hundreds of thousands of people chased from their homes by heavy flooding after months of heavy rains. Adding to the misery is an outbreak of cholera. two-thirds Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cholera Threatens Haiti

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2010 A cholera outbreak that has killed about 200 people in rural Haiti is threatening to spread to the capital, Port-au-Prince, potentially endangering the hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors crowded into squalid camps around the city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Haitians Protest U.N. ‘Occupation’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2010 A crowd of about 100 protesters has blocked the entrance to the UN military headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, spraying anti-U slogans on vehicles and carrying banners saying "Down with the occupation!" while news comes that U peacekeeping forces will remain in the beleaguered country for an additional year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.K. Ups Aid to Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2010 The British government has announced a 40 percent increase in aid projects in Afghanistan as it gears up to fulfill a pledge to remove its combat troops from the country by 2014. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )