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May 23, 2016

As refugees suffer, UN throws a grandiose humanitarian summit

While tens of millions of people endure displacement, starvation and violent death from long-running wars and unexpected disasters, the United Nations is hosting an international humanitarian summit, hoping to shake up a tottering global aid system.

May 23, 2016

US lifts Vietnam arms embargo in move to counter China

President Obama lifted the decades-long U.S. arms embargo against Vietnam on Monday in an apparent effort to shore up the communist country's defenses against an increasingly aggressive China – though he faced criticism that the move takes away U.S. leverage to press for human rights freedoms.

May 22, 2016

Obama to announce Peace Corps will be invited to operate in Vietnam

The Peace Corps is coming to Vietnam.

May 4, 2016

Downsize UN role in refugee crises, US relief agency suggests

One of America’s largest non-profit relief organizations is warning that the practice of shoveling mountains of money at major humanitarian emergencies  like Syria is being overwhelmed by the scale of disasters the world faces, and that rich countries  need to try something drastically new—starting with less reliance on bureaucracy-bound United Nations relief agencies.

May 4, 2016

World Food Program badly mismanaged special donor trust funds, auditors say

The United Nations World Food Program in 2013 and 2014 used millions of dollars of specially designated donor trust funds as an all-purpose piggy bank, often without creating safeguards to ensure the money was used properly and as its donors had intended, according to an internal report by WFP’s Office of the Inspector General.

May 4, 2016

Millions in UN Somalia aid diverted; hints that some went to terrorists

Three organizations claiming to do vital relief work on behalf of the United Nations in ravaged Somalia diverted  millions of dollars intended for  food, water, medicine, and other relief services for thousands of the most desperately suffering people in the world, according to confidential U.N. reports obtained by Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ. Some of the money may have gone to terrorists.

May 2, 2016

White House: Obama wants to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016

The White House says President Barack Obama has told advisers he wants to let 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. in the coming budget year.

May 2, 2016

As Ebola fades, questions arise over billions in US aid

Aid officials say a surge of international support since last fall has helped contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but as U.S.-built clinics sit dormant amid a fading health crisis, the question remains: what happens to the billions of dollars' worth of U.S. resources committed to the region?

May 2, 2016

Exclusive: El-Sisi urges ‘Arab ready force’ to confront ISIS, questions if US ‘standing by’ Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in an exclusive interview with Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ, appealed to the U.S. to play a greater role in helping his country fight terrorism -- as he urged the creation of an "Arab ready force" to confront the Islamic State and similar groups.

May 2, 2016

Senator introduces bill to cut aid to Palestinians

Republican Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill on Wednesday that would immediately halt U.S. aid to the Palestinians until they halt their effort to join the International Criminal Court to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel.