Pacific island nations that are some of the last places in the world to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic are recording a growing number of COVID-19 cases, prompting a rush to provide vaccines, medical teams and food aid.

International banks can transfer money to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, and aid groups are allowed to pay teachers and healthcare workers at state-run institutions without fear of breaching sanctions on the Taliban, the United States said on Wednesday.

Egypt has sought, in recent months, to aid Lebanon in its ongoing economic and energy crisis by exporting gas to Lebanon.

To help Sri Lanka overcome its economic challenges, India under the SAARC currency swap arrangement has made an extension of $400 million to Sri Lanka and provided a deferral of ACU (Asian Clearing Union) settlement of $515.2 million by two months

In El Carmen de Bolívar, LGBTQ+ people want the history of their brutal persecution by police and paramilitaries to be told, but the sense of safety is fragile and many still face prejudice

Washington and the west are inflicting brutal collective punishment on an already destitute people by freezing assets and aid