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China says aid to Cambodia without political strings attached

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that China's assistance to Cambodia has no political strings attached.

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Syria conflict: Calls for air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged towns

The US, UK and France have urged the UN to begin air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria.

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World humanitarian summit ends with high hopes

​"We are one humanity with a shared responsibility," the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit ended here on Tuesday with these words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

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China provides humanitarian aid to quake-hit Ecuador

​China's government and private sector have provided much-needed humanitarian aid and donations to Ecuador's post-earthquake relief efforts.

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Russia sends UN list of Syrian settlements requiring humanitarian aid

Russia submitted to the United Nations (UN)a list of settlements in Syria which require immediate humanitarian aid, the country's Defense Ministry said Monday.

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In besieged Syrian town of Madaya, starvation is all that people have

As many as 40,000 people are reeling under a six-month-old siege imposed on the Syrian town of Madaya by government troops to expunge rebel troops.

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UN ships medicine to 1.2 million people in war-torn central Yemen

The UN health agency has delivered more than 100 tonnes of medicines and supplies for 1.2 million people in strife-torn Yemen's central Taiz governorate, where more than three million people, of whom, almost 400,000 were internally displaced, are in dire need of humanitarian aid, UN officials said here Monday.

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Australian FM defends "redirection" of 720 million USD in foreign aid

​Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Monday defended the "redirection" of at least 720 million U.S. dollars of aid to help fund climate-change schemes for Australia's less affluent Pacific neighbors.

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Aid supplies reach 30,000 people in besieged areas of Syria

​Thirty-one aid trucks carrying medical and humanitarian supplies for 29,500 people reached Fouah and Kafraya in Syria's Idlib governorate, and Zabadani and Madaya in Rural Damascus governorate on Sunday, said a UN spokesman at Monday's daily briefing.

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Iran condemns Saudi-led attack on Yemen as "genocide"

​Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Sunday condemned Saudi-led attack on Yemen as "genocide", according to Iran's Foreign Ministry's website.

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Xi highlights "big picture" in reform drive

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on officials to view the country's reform drive in the context of "a larger picture" in order to deepen reforms.

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S.Korea approves fertilizer aid to DPRK first in 5 years

​South Korea on Monday approved a fertilizer aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the first time in five years.

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China's investment in infrastructure key to Africa's development: experts

​Africa is benefiting from China's investment in infrastructure in the region as road and railway development coupled with enough power are key pillars in unlocking the continent's economic potential, experts said.

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British PM reiterates resolve to bring hostage killers to justice

​British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday reiterated his resolve to hunt down the killers of British aid worker Alan Henning and bring them to justice.

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Russia accuses U.S. of "deliberate distortion" of its Syria stance

Moscow on Wednesday accused Washington of deliberately distorting its position on conflict- torn Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama branded Russia as a holdout against a UN draft resolution on Syria aid.

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UN relief chief disappointed by attack on aid convoy in Syria's Homs

UN relief chief Valerie Amos expressed her disappointment on Saturday over an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Syria's besieged old Homs city.

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Malaysian government to help people cope with rising cost of living

The Malaysian government has prepared 10 types of aid packages to help people cope with the current and future rising costs of living, an government official said Thursday.