This trend is expected to increase significantly as the US cuts huge swathes of its aid spending and other countries, including the UK, redirect aid money into other areas including defence.

Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and other programmes ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — The United States (US) slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization official said ...