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Aid October 22, 2017

Stop throwing cash at poor nations

The international community has donated more than $1.8 trillion to poor countries since 2000 鈥� but this development aid hasn't lifted many people out of poverty.

Aid September 27, 2017

Aid groups bypass UN in joint call to prevent mass starvation

As disease outbreaks raise the danger for as many as 20 million people faced with famine and mass starvation in a clutch of strife-torn African and Middle Eastern countries, some of the world鈥檚 largest non-government aid organizations are issuing a rare collective call for private relief donations over the next two weeks, alongside a longer-range, multibillion-dollar United Nations appeal that is so far less than half funded.

State Department June 21, 2017

USAID paid $500 a gallon for gas, failed to catch $500,000 in overpayments on long-delayed Afghan hospital

Construction of a $14.6 million hospital in Gardez, Afghanistan, is 23 months behind schedule and costing taxpayers more than half a million dollars in overpayments the U.S. Agency for International Development and its contractor failed to catch.

The Americas June 6, 2017

Venezuela blocking medicine, humanitarian aid from US groups

Venezuelans have struggled in recent years to get their hands on all types of medical supplies 鈥� from over-the-counter painkillers to infection-fighting antibiotics 鈥� as the country grapples with widespread shortages and soaring inflation rates brought on by economic mismanagement from the government in Caracas.

Aid April 24, 2017

Amid global donor fatigue, UN asks new billions for famine relief

Amid dire predictions of mass starvation, the United Nations is calling on the developed world to pour billions of dollars into humanitarian relief in Africa, starting with Yemen, where a two-year civil war and drought have displaced more than 3 million people.

Alliances January 12, 2017

US launching complex operation to train, arm Syrian rebels amid airstrikes

Newly launched airstrikes in Syria are only one piece of the puzzle in the United States' war against the Islamic State, as the military prepares to launch a complex operation to train and arm Syrian rebels.

Alliances January 12, 2017

Assad must go? Obama administration's focus on Syria in doubt as death toll soars

The rise of ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, and the unwillingness of Americans to see their military involved in another foreign conflict, appear to have cooled President Obama's once-strident rhetoric demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "must go" -- even as the death toll in the three-year-old civil war tops 170,000.

Alliances January 12, 2017

US under new pressure to absorb Syrian refugees as Europe faces crisis

The surge of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn regions is putting immense pressure not only on Europe but also the United States, as the Obama administration faces calls to take a more active role in the humanitarian crisis.

State Department January 12, 2017

Message to Iran? 3 years after 鈥榬ed line,鈥� Syria chem weapons charges unresolved

Three years after President Obama鈥檚 infamous 鈥渞ed line鈥� threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, charges of chemical weapons use inside the war-torn country persist -- in turn fueling concerns about whether Iran can be held to the newly struck nuclear deal.

Alliances January 12, 2017

Americans stuck in Yemen file suit demanding State Department, military rescue them

Claiming the Obama administration turned its back on them, 41 Americans stranded in war-torn Yemen filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the State Department and Defense Department for not evacuating them -- as fighting intensifies and U.S. allies launch airstrikes.

Aid January 12, 2017

USAID programs hit by fraud, corruption and bid-rigging allegations

USAID, the government agency in charge of distributing tax dollars to foreign aid projects, once again is being hit with allegations and audits exposing how fraud and corruption are undermining its programs.