US Supreme Court won’t let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
Washington DC, US Reuters A divided US Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organisations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court […]
Trump admin cancels grants to refugee aid agencies, despite legal battles
Washington DC, US RNS President Donald Trump’s administration is making moves to shutter a decades-old partnership between the government and a group of mostly religious organisations to resettle refugees, with the State Department abruptly cancelling grant agreements with all the agencies despite ongoing legal battles. On Wednesday, refugee resettlement organisations, such as Church World Service, […]
Thailand deports 40 Uyghur men back to China after more than a decade in detention
Taipei, Taiwan AP A group of at least 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials said Thursday. The men made a public appeal last month to halt the deportation, saying they faced imprisonment and possible death in China. Thai lawmakers and international officials […]
Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
London, UK/Johannesburg, South Africa/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters US-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community. The latest cancellations come as US President Donald Trump’s administration nears completion of a review to ensure […]
Essay: Ukraine peace talks – Trump is bringing Russia back in from the cold and ticking off items on Putin’s wish list
JAMES RODGERS, in an article first published on The Conversation, says that whatever the final outcome of talks between Russia and the US, Ukraine “seems set to lose out”…
US and Russia launch talks on end to war, Ukraine absent
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters US President Donald Trump’s administration said on Tuesday it agreed to hold more talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine after an initial meeting that excluded Kyiv, a departure from Washington’s previous approach that rallied US allies to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the four-and-a-half-hour meeting in the […]
UK PM Starmer offers to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
London, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was ready to send British troops to Ukraine as part of any postwar peacekeeping force as talks aimed at ending the conflict were set to begin this week. Starmer said he had not taken the decision to consider putting British servicemen and women […]
Israel’s Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza
Jerusalem AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signalled that he was moving ahead with US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, calling it “the only viable plan to enable a different future” for the region. Netanyahu discussed the plan with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who […]
Rubio says coming days will show if Putin serious about Ukraine peace
Washington DC, US Reuters US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday the next few days will determine how serious Russian President Vladimir Putin is about peace in Ukraine, as US officials fly out to Saudi Arabia for meetings with Russian officials. America’s top diplomat also played down European concerns about being cut out […]
Essay: As Trump tries to slash US foreign aid, here are three common myths many Americans mistakenly believe about it
Scholar JOANNIE TREMBLAY-BOIRE separates, in an article first published on The Conversation, fact from fiction when it comes to US foreign aid…