Foreign Aid

Koch brothers are holding up Ukraine aid bill, Harry Reid says

Jeremy Barr · March 13, 2014 12:00 am

House overwhelmingly approves $1 billion Ukraine loan package

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2014 12:00 am

In Kiev, Kerry visits protest sites, promises aid

Lara Jakes · March 4, 2014 7:59 pm

A newly-diagnosed HIV positive woman, who arrived at the hospital with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB), lies in the treatment ward of the Mildmay Uganda clinic, which receives funding from the US government through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Kampala, Uganda Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Uganda's government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over which some Western governments had warned of consequences, and at least three European countries are withdrawing millions in direct support to Uganda's government, which depends on donors for about 20 percent of its budget. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)

Uganda slapped with aid cuts over anti-gay law

Rodney Muhumuza · February 27, 2014 5:28 pm

An opposition supporter wearing a Ukrainian flag gestures as he sings the national anthem in the center of Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Ukrainian protesters lambasted parliament on Thursday for its lack of action, and a senior U.S. diplomat arrived in Kiev to try to help find a resolution to the country's grinding political crisis. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met separately with President Viktor Yanukovych and with opposition leaders during her two-day stay in the Ukrainian capital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

US envoy: Ukraine must reform to get aid

Jim Heintz · February 7, 2014 5:30 pm

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently released its 2014 Gates Annual Latter, titled "3 Myths That Block Progress for the Poor." (Getty images File)

Gates Foundation debunks the Malthusian Catastrophe

Austin Bay · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Bill would restore Egypt aid with conditions

Bill would restore Egypt aid with conditions

Deb Riechmann · January 14, 2014 8:56 pm

Senate bill would allow US to resume Egypt aid

Senate bill would allow US to resume Egypt aid

Bradley Klapper · December 18, 2013 11:14 pm

In this Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the rubble of damaged buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. The Britain based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that dozens of children were among scores killed in airstrikes on several opposition areas a day earlier. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

White House deflects growing Syria criticism

Brian Hughes · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks at the Newman Alumni Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Santos was invited to speak by the president of the University of Miami, Donna E. Shalala, the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Hemispheric Policy. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Herald, C.M. Guerrero) MAGS OUT

Trade, peace talks top agenda for Colombian president’s visit

Susan Crabtree · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Delegates walk past wildlife photos at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Thousands of participants from nations and environment organizations from around the world have opened two weeks of U.N. climate talks that are to lay the groundwork for a new pact to prevent global warming. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Energy and Environment

Rift with poorer nations forming at climate conference

Washington Examiner · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio is pushing to make what he calls "decisive" diplomacy and foreign aid the backbone of American foreign policy, separating himself from a growing isolationist wing of the Republican Party. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Marco Rubio pushing for diplomacy and foreign aid

Michael Mishak · November 20, 2013 5:00 am