Foreign Aid
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 04:44
USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), operated by the Military Sealift Command, arrived in Honduras, for its first mission stop during Southern Partnership Station-Joint High Speed Vessel 2015 (SPS-JHSV 15), July 11.
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:52
A top U.S. official stunned some Washington lawmakers Wednesday with testimony that Haiti needs as much as $50 million to carry out successful elections this year.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:07
The Saudi-backed government of Yemen has agreed to a “pause” in fighting, starting Friday, so that humanitarian relief can be delivered in the country, United Nations officials said Thursday. The Houthi rebels who control large parts of Yemen have agreed to respect it as well, the officials said.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 06:34
The US will prime the pump to help fix Ukraine’s corruption-sodden Odessa oblast, now run by former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, and is looking to California to rev things up a little.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 06:14
The Senate Appropriations Committee will host the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee markup of the "State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for FY2016."
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 05:30
Some 2,000 young, athletic, US-trained Ukrainians on Saturday swore oaths to enforce the law -- and resist the temptation to take bribes -- at the launch of a new police service in Kiev to replace a notoriously corrupt force.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 06:59
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) celebrated the mid-deployment mark upon arrival in Panama City, Panama, June 30, for the crew's first liberty port during Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15).
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 06:52
The United Nations said Wednesday that it is slashing food aid for Syrians because of funding shortfalls that are already deepening the suffering of millions of refugees from their country’s protracted civil war
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 06:28
Officials warn the Middle East’s most impoverished country is a step away from famine
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 07:30
Characterizing this U.S. territory’s financial woes as a “harsh reality,” Gov. Alejandro García Padilla called on Puerto Ricans on Monday to “assume our responsibility” and share in making sacrifices.