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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicHumanitarian aid

Topic: Humanitarian aid

UN trims aid appeal for 2026 despite increase in humanitarian need worldwide

The funding cuts come on top of other challenges for aid agencies that include security risks to staff in conflict zones and lack of access.

‘Fake’, India refutes claims about denial of airspace to Pakistan to send aid to Sri Lanka

Officials said the request for overflight pertained to humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, India expeditiously cleared the request and intimated the same to Pakistan.

Keir Starmer declares UK to provide $27 million in latest aid package for Gaza

Britain said this financial year it had given 74 million pounds in humanitarian support to Palestine, which it formally recognised as a state last month.

Israel releases 171 Gaza aid flotilla activists, Greta Thunberg returns to cheering crowds in Athens

The Global Sumud Flotilla activists attempted to reach Gaza to bring aid supplies and draw attention to the plight of Gaza, but were arrested by Israeli forces.

Swiss Gaza flotilla activists released from Israeli custody allege ‘inhumane detention conditions’

Nine of the Gaza aid activists returned to Geneva Sunday, while several others, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, remain in Israeli custody.

Israel stops 40 aid boats headed for Gaza, sparks global criticism

The Israeli military has taken captive more than 450 foreign activists, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who is seen in videos shared by them sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.

Israel intercepts Global Sumud Flotilla, says ‘Greta Thunberg safe’

A live video feed from one of the boats in the flotilla showed passengers in life vests sitting on deck. This is Thunberg's second attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.

Gaza-bound aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg departs Barcelona after stormy weather turnaround

This is climate activist Thunberg and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham's second journey to Gaza after being denied entry by the Israeli military in June 2025.

Canada conducts first airdrop in Gaza, accuses Israel of violating international law

A CC-130J Hercules aircraft was used to airdrop 21,600 pounds of critical humanitarian aid into Gaza in support of Global Affairs Canada, the government said in a statement.

UK PM to hold emergency cabinet on Gaza amid pressure to recognise Palestinian state

PM Kier Starmer has taken the rare step of recalling his cabinet during the summer holidays to discuss how to deliver more humanitarian aid to Gaza.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.