Millions of Yemenis at risk due to US aid freeze, Amnesty warns

Trump's aid freeze means Yemen has lost its biggest donor, as the US ramps up military strikes on the country. Some 19.5 million people in the country rely on humanitarian assistance and protection services. That's half of the population. The Trump administration imposed a 90-day ban on all US foreign aid in January. The State Department said on Wednesday that it had reversed food aid cuts in Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Ecuador, but that the ban would remain in place for now on Afghanistan and Yemen (Read more at Middle East Eye).