The World Health Organization said Tuesday it "regrets" US President Donald Trump's decision—just hours after taking power—to withdraw his country from the UN agency, saying it hoped he would reconsider.

The U.S. has been a part of WHO since 1948, the year it was founded. The U.S. withdrawal makes it the only major world power to exit the 194-country health organization.

By Eileen Travers When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in

"It's a cataclysmic presidential decision," say experts, referring to President Trump's executive order to pull the country out of WHO

By Patrick Wingrove, Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

The Geneva-based WHO plays a pivotal role in battling global health threats, focusing on infectious diseases as well as humanitarian crises and chronic

The planned departure would leave the WHO scrambling to replace its top donor, which contributed $1.3 billion to the organization between 2022 and 2023.

Berlin will try to talk U.S. President Donald Trump out of his decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, Germany's health minister said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization responded Tuesday to President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the U.N. health organization, but didn't address any of the

GENEVA: President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization on Monday (Jan 20) leaves the WHO facing a major blow to its budget.

Germany said Tuesday it will try to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from pulling out from the World Health Organization as many global health experts fear the move could substantially weaken global health security.