This week, the head of the world’s largest humanitarian organization is stepping down. Cindy McCain has led the World Food ...

ROME (AP) — U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain announced on Thursday that she will step down as the head of the humanitarian organization in three months to focus on her health.

NEWS ANALYSIS. A new agreement between the United Nations World Food Program and the American Food for Peace fund stipulates ...

The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them ...

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could ...

The World Food Programme has halved emergency food aid in Syria due to funding shortages, leaving millions vulnerable despite ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The World Food Program and the United Nations refugee agency will slash jobs because of funding cuts, mainly from the United States, officials told The Associated Press on ...

FILE- Executive director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain speaks with the Associated Press in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File ...