Foreign aid
Russia says Syria can deliver aid, Turkey not essential

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 22, 2021 07:11 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow disagrees that there is no alternative to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, with from left, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, Saturday June 12, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)
The Latest: WHO chief says vaccine need outstrips G7 pledges

By The Associated Press Jun. 12, 2021 10:25 AM EDT

A young boy looks up as displaced Tigrayans line up to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 10, 2021 05:41 PM EDT

Britain's Chief Whip Mark Spencer leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Monday, June 7, 2021. Senior Lawmakers from Britain's governing Conservative Party are hoping to reverse the government's contentious cut in foreign aid spending — just days before Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes world leaders to the country for a Group of Seven summit. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
UK's Johnson spared vote on foreign aid cut ahead of G7

By Danica Kirka And Pan Pylas Jun. 07, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

UK lawmakers seek to reverse government's foreign aid cut

Jun. 03, 2021 05:46 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party said Thursday they hope to force a vote in Parliament next week that could make the...

In this image from video released by Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu attends a remote press conference with Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo, Thursday, June 3, 2021. Wu on Thursday said China is seeking political gains abroad in return for providing vaccines and other pandemic assistance, partly to increase pressure on Taiwan, which it claims as its own territory. (FCCJ via AP)
Taiwan says China exploiting vaccines for political gain

Jun. 03, 2021 04:29 AM EDT

US envoy heads to Turkey seeking to ensure aid to Syrians

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 01, 2021 07:56 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S ambassador to the United Nations headed to Turkey late Tuesday seeking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered to Syria...

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

By Andrew Taylor May. 28, 2021 02:51 PM EDT

Pakistan's top health official Faisal Sultan poses for photograph at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 24, 2021. Sultan who is overseeing the country's response to coronavirus said Monday the new COVID-19 variant that devastated neighboring India by causing record infections and deaths had not been found in Pakistan yet. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Top Pakistan health official doesn't foresee India scenario

By Munir Ahmed May. 24, 2021 12:34 PM EDT

A crater full of water and sewage remains where the home of Ramez al-Masri was destroyed by an air-strike prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
After another war, displaced in Gaza face familiar plight

By Fares Akram May. 24, 2021 02:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks before the start of vaccination of medical staff with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlacatl Medical Unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute in San Salvador, El Salvador. Allies of Bukele, including his Cabinet chief, have been included in a list of senior officials in Central America deemed corrupt by the U.S. State Department, according to a copy of a report obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
US steers El Salvador funding away from government

By Marcos Aleman May. 21, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

Supporters of a Pakistani religious party take part in a rally in support of Palestinians in conflict with Israelis Friday, May 21, 2021, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
The Latest: Biden says his party 'still supports Israel'

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 05:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 12, 2021, file photo, Hindu holy men take dips in the Ganges River during Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Hinduism, in Haridwar, northern state of Uttarakhand, India. Despite clear signs that India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to cancel the festival, along with campaign rallies and cricket matches with spectators. The burgeoning crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Karma Sonam, File)
India's virus surge damages Modi's image of competence

By Krutika Pathi, Sheikh Saaliq And Ravi Nessman May. 05, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo, armed police remove makeshift blockages set up by protesters as they patrol streets in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living in poverty to nearly half the population, a United Nations report said Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/File)
UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 30, 2021 01:44 AM EDT

UK sharply cuts global aid due to pandemic's economic impact

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 29, 2021 10:39 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Kingdom said Thursday it is temporarily reducing its international aid from 14.5 billion pounds (about $20 billion) last year...

UK government facing mounting criticism over aid budget cuts

By Pan Pylas Apr. 28, 2021 07:06 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — The British government faced mounting criticism Wednesday over its planned cuts to overseas aid spending as leaked details point to big...

People wait to receive the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus at a vaccination center in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Asia Today: India records 320K cases as foreign help arrives

Apr. 27, 2021 01:17 AM EDT

Davidson Jair, 7, answers questions from a U.S. Border Patrol agent at an intake site after he was smuggled on an inflatable raft across the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Davidson traveled from El Salvador in the hope of reaching relatives living in the U.S. The Biden administration says that it's working to address the increase in migrants coming to the border. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House efforts at the U.S. southern border and work with Central American nations to address root causes of the migration. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
US envoy talks migration with El Salvador, VP calls Mexico

Apr. 07, 2021 04:17 PM EDT

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an online joint news conference with UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock at the conclusion of a conference 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria's crisis

By Samuel Petrequin Mar. 30, 2021 04:43 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 15, 2021 file photo, Turkish backed rebel fighters fire a howitzer toward Syrian government's forces positions, near the village of Neirab in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The humanitarian situation across war-ravaged Syria is worsening. But it’s been getting tougher every year to raise money from global donors to help people affected by the country’s protracted humanitarian crisis. The aid community is bracing for significant shortfalls ahead of a donor conference that starts Monday, March 29, 2021, in Brussels. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
Pleas for more aid to Syria: 'We don't have nearly enough'

By Sarah El Deeb Mar. 29, 2021 02:04 AM EDT