Soldiers standing amid a coca crop in Cúcuta, Colombia, in 2020. Colombia is the world’s top producer of cocaine, but it has also been a key ally of the United States in trying to combat the drug trade.
Contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. have been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse. The U.S. government said the products were destroyed, but local authorities found them.
Contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. have been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse. The U.S. government said the products were destroyed, but local authorities found them.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Rising waters during a heavy storm and high tide on Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, in January. With each tide creeping higher, villagers fear their island may soon become uninhabitable.
All around Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands and host of a regional summit, are not-so-subtle hints of donor nations competing for hearts and minds.
All around Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands and host of a regional summit, are not-so-subtle hints of donor nations competing for hearts and minds.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Rising waters during a heavy storm and high tide on Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, in January. With each tide creeping higher, villagers fear their island may soon become uninhabitable.
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
Despite the partisan nature of the final legislation, it included an effort backed by conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike to claw back Congress’s war powers.
In an earlier iteration of the foreign aid case this year, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion while the case continued in the lower courts.
In an earlier iteration of the foreign aid case this year, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion while the case continued in the lower courts.
A priest conducting a mass burial ceremony of people killed during World War II in the now-abandoned, formerly ethnic Polish village of Puzhnyky, Ukraine, on Saturday.
U.S.-funded food aid arriving in South Sudan in 2023. Last week, the White House told Congress that it intended to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers had appropriated for foreign aid programs.
Kyiv sees a well-equipped army as a stronger deterrent to Moscow than any Western pledges to defend it. It is working to attract billions to buy more arms.
Kyiv sees a well-equipped army as a stronger deterrent to Moscow than any Western pledges to defend it. It is working to attract billions to buy more arms.
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in May. Kyiv is counting on its booming domestic defense industry, which has already delivered drones that swarm the battlefield.
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
The administration is attempting to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by running out the clock for Congress to reject its request before the funding expires.
Russia has continued to pound Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine with airstrikes, including a barrage on Thursday that killed at least 23 people in the capital.
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