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Rohingya Starvation Crisis Ignored Amid US Aid Cuts

10/8/2025

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Funding cuts in Myanmar have triggered a severe humanitarian crisis, hitting Rohingya populations.
Mohammed Taher recounts his two-year-old son Hashim dying of starvation after food rations stopped in their internment camp.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says no deaths from aid cuts. Taher disputes this, citing starving children, while the United Nations (UN) estimates 40% need humanitarian assistance.

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Funding cuts in Myanmar have triggered a severe humanitarian crisis, hitting Rohingya populations.
Mohammed Taher recounts his two-year-old son Hashim dying of starvation after food rations stopped in their internment camp.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says no deaths from aid cuts. Taher disputes this, citing starving children, while the United Nations (UN) estimates 40% need humanitarian assistance.