US restores $6.8 million aid for Tibetans, State Department says

July 8, 2025 11:53 AM

US restores $6.8 million aid for Tibetans, State Department says

The United States has restored $6.8 million in funding for Tibetans in South Asia, the U.S. State Department told Reuters on Tuesday, confirming comments by Tibet's government-in-exile. The aid had been cut by President Donald Trump's administration as part of its "America First" policy that hit a number of programmes, including those aimed at securing food and preventing the spread of HIV in some of the world's poorest regions. Last week, the leader of the Tibetan government in-exile in India...

EU leaders pledge defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze

March 6, 2025 9:35 PM

EU leaders pledge defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze

European leaders on Thursday said they would stand by Ukraine and spend more on defencein a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies. "Europe must take up this challenge, this arms race. And it must win it," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said as he arrived at the summit in Brussels. "Europe as a whole is truly capable of winning any military, financial, economic confrontation with Russia - we are simply stronger," Tusk said. Many EU leaders hailed the European Commission'...

Israel fails to meet US aid demands to ease Gaza catastrophe, aid groups say

November 12, 2024 4:53 PM

Israel fails to meet US aid demands to ease Gaza catastrophe, aid groups say

International aid groups said that Israel had failed to meet a series of U.S. demands intended to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by a Tuesday deadline. The United States told its ally Israel in a letter on Oct. 13 that it must take steps to improve the aid situation in war-ravaged Gaza within 30 days. If not, it could face potential restrictions on U.S. military aid. "Israel not only failed to meet the U.S. criteria that would indicate support to the humanitarian response, but concur...