News about World Food Program, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The U.N. World Food Program plans to cut its staff by a third. Donations from Europe and Britain have flagged, and cuts by the Trump administration forced the humanitarian organization to downsize.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration ended millions of dollars in funding to the United Nations World Food Program. The funding cuts specifically targeted emergency programs helping to ...

A one-time $6 billion donation from Musk, Bezos, and other billionaires could save 42 million people from starvation, World Food Programme director says ...

More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the ...

The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across ...

The World Food Programme has run out of food, the United Nations agency said Friday, 54 days after Israel imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip.

The World Food Programme said on Friday it had run out of food stocks in Gaza due to the sustained closure of crossings into the enclave, while Gaza authorities said Israeli airstrikes had killed ...

The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.

The following is the transcript of an interview with Cindy McCain, World Food Programme executive director, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 25, 2025.

UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in MyanmarFILE - Local residents carrying food wade through a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP ...

The World Food Programme said on Friday it had run out of food stocks in Gaza due to the sustained closure of crossings into the enclave, while Gaza authorities said Israeli airstrikes had killed ...