UN Agency
Appears in 6 stories · Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Operating on 23% of $10.2 billion budget; 11.6 million losing aid
The United States pledged $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid in December 2025, added $1.8 billion in May 2026 and made direct awards to UNICEF and the World Food Programme in June. Total UN commitments are nearly $5 billion, still about 70% below the $17 billion Washington gave each year before the freeze. Within hours of his January 2025 inauguration, Trump froze nearly all foreign assistance, dismantled USAID by July and warned UN agencies to 'adapt, shrink or die.'
Updated 4 days ago
Tracking displacement and coordinating shelter aid
The UN says more than 290,000 people have been forced from their homes by fighting in Yemen since August. On Oct. 28 it put the figure at 281,000, up more than 20,000 in under a week, and said more than half are sheltering in Taiz governorate. Houthi fighters have encircled Taiz since early October and cut the road to Aden, the main supply route.
Updated 6 days ago
Emergency team in Moyale; moving relief supplies for nearly 12,000 people
About 50,000 people have crossed from Ethiopia into Kenya since fighting began in Moyale on October 18, Kenyan authorities and UNHCR said on October 28. A hospital official on the Ethiopian side put the death toll at nine on October 23.
Updated Oct 28
Condemned the returns; barred from screening returnees
The first 1,476 Myanmar nationals returned from Malaysia arrived at a naval base near Yangon on October 4. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says none were Rohingya, and Malaysia's home minister said on October 22 that no one will be sent back if they would face persecution.
Updated Oct 22
As of September 2026: Leading displacement monitoring and refugee response in Iran and the region
The US-Israeli war on Iran began February 28 and displaced up to 3.2 million people inside the country in two weeks, per the UN refugee agency.
Updated Sep 4
As of September 2026: Confirmed six million returns; 2026 response funding at 8 percent
Nazia spent decades in Pakistan with her eight sisters and their children. In 2026, authorities deported the family to Afghanistan, a country she told the BBC she had never seen. She is one of six million Afghans returned since September 2023, a wave UNHCR calls the largest in recent history.
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