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Thorny issues like Indian wheat export ban and indemnity issues for U.S. vaccines may be raised

U.S. development agency USAID will provide Kenya with $255 million in emergency and development assistance to tackle drought, administrator Samantha Power said on Friday.

Internal emails reveal United States officials described the signing of a security pact between China and Solomon Islands as "very troubling".

Internal emails show US aid agency officials’ concerns over contentious security agreement.

Women in low- and middle-income countries experience high levels of common mental disorders – anxiety and depression – during pregnancy and the first year after birth. The prevalence is estimated at nearly 20%, and is higher among women who are marginalised.

A record 11 journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year alone.

More than a year into U.S. President Joe Biden's sweeping effort to tackle the "root causes" of migration with aid to Central America, projects likely worth millions of dollars have been canceled or put on hold due to corruption and governance concerns, U.S. officials and others tracking the issue said.

US calls on Yemeni rebels to ‘end injustice’ and free current and former employees of the US embassy in Sanaa.

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world’s attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In particular, it has muted attention to Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war, which started in November 2020 and has caused enormous human suffering. Millions have been left…