The U.S. has written off almost $30 million in debt for drought-stricken Ethiopia, which is strapped with a massive $6 billion debt burden. U.S. ambassador Aurelia Brazeal signed the deal which wipes out all the debt up to March 2004, including arrears and servicing. ...
EU External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten told the European Parliament Jan. 15 the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan would be a "long haul" as "rebuildi...
Representatives of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Union signed an agreement Jan. 6 to provide 60 million euros in EU assistance to Bosnia. The assistance ...
The European Commission has adopted a humanitarian aid decision worth 9.5 million euros to help meet the winter needs of pregnant and nursing women and childre...
The U.S. Jan. 8 committed $3.5 million towards Afghanistans "blueprint for action" to improve the condition of women in the war-torn country. Under Secretary o...
A Venezuela está à beira do precipício. A ação concertada ainda pode evitar a sua queda. Mas quanto mais se atrase, mais venezuelanos morrerão por falta de medicamentos, pela má nutrição ou pela violência.
Tuesday?s ruling by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea has bought a little clarity to the problems in the South China Sea, but it has not made solving the underlying problems significantly...
Paradoxes have always abounded in the relationship between the Turkish military and the country?s politicians. Turkey?s armed forces ? or factions within them ? have justified their repeated interventions in politics with claims that they...
Venezuela is on the edge of the precipice. Concerted action may yet pull it back. But the longer it is delayed, the more Venezuelans will die from lack of medicines, malnutrition or violence.