US aid

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, 6 August, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
China

China calls Taiwan a 'red line', criticises new US military aid to island

Beijing considers democratically governed Taiwan its own territory, a claim the government in Taipei rejects

People shop at a public market in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo December 19, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Africa

US to give $414 million in humanitarian aid for Congo

US President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Biden spends the weekend at the US presidential retreat at Camp David, in this official White House handout photo released after the call took place in Thurmont, Maryland, US February 12, 2022. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Biden considering $100 billion funding request that includes Israel, Ukraine aid - Sources

U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
World+Biz

US aid to Ukraine may hinge partly on who takes over as House speaker

In 2017, Bangladesh saw the largest influx of the Rohingyas from neighboring Myanmar. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Rohingya Crisis

US grants $74m for Rohingyas, host communities in Cox's Bazar

A Ukrainian service member unpacks Javelin anti-tank missiles, delivered by plane as part of the U.S. military support package for Ukraine, at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Europe

Ukraine gets more US aid as Russia-Iran ties worry West

A displaced man cools off to avoid heat on flooded highway, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

United States pledges further $30 million in aid to flood-hit Pakistan

US President Joe Biden signs an executive order to prohibit trade and investment between US individuals and the two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine recognized as independent by Russia, at the White House in Washington, US, February 21, 2022. Photo :Reuters
USA

Biden signs Ukraine bill, seeks $40B aid, in Putin rejoinder

Ukrainian servicemen walk past a Russian tank captured after fighting with Russian troops in the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Europe

U.S. to provide additional $300 million in security assistance to Ukraine

US Vice President Kamala Harris takes notes as she speaks via videoconference with Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss solutions to an increase in migration as she looks for ways to defuse a migrant crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, US, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Global Economy

US unveils $310m in Central America aid to tackle migration

Students walk past the statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass on August 13, 2019. US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, urged the nation's richest colleges, including Harvard, to reject federal funding that was allotted to them in the government's multi-trillion dollar coronavirus rescue package/ AP Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Harvard says will reject US relief aid

Bangladesh gets $4.4m US aid to fight Covid-19
Health

Bangladesh gets $4.4m US aid to fight Covid-19