International News
What cutting USAID could cost America?
NBC News / February 4
The Trump administration’s moves to dismantle the U.S. agency that helps to fight starvation and poverty overseas has stoked fears that America will lose its standing on the world stage as rival powers rush to fill the void…
Rubio accuses USAID of ‘rank insubordination’
The Hill / February 4
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called out the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday for what he called “rank insubordination,” adding that the agency and its procedures need an overhaul…
US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
UN News / February 4
UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to grassroots humanitarian funding by the incoming US administration and reiterated calls for Washington to retain its position as a global aid leader…
China restricts travel for Uyghurs with onerous requirements: report
Radio Free Asia / February 3
While the Chinese government has loosened a ban on Uyghurs traveling outside of China, it places onerous burdens on those who want to go abroad, violating their internationally protected rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday…
US Declares Genocide in Sudan
State Department / January 7
[A]fter careful review of the facts and a comprehensive legal analysis, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has determined that members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan…
Congo’s foreign minister describes unstable conditions as rebels seize territory
PBS News Hour / January 30
Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and sparked fears of a wider regional conflict…
Myanmar: Renewed conflict dims Rohingya repatriation hopes
DW / February 12
As violence and forced conscription of Rohingya youths continue in Myanmar, hopes for the safe return of refugees to their homeland are fading…
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