FIRST ON FOX: A group of Republican lawmakers is introducing a new bill that would cease all aid dollars to Afghanistan over concerns of interception by the Taliban. “The Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal has plunged the country back under Taliban rule, and now it turns out that our taxpayer dollars are being used to the
More than 120 international charities have warned UK aid spending will fall to its lowest level since 2007 unless the government takes urgent actions in next month’s Budget. They fear Chancellor Rachel Reeves will slash more than £2bn from overseas development assistance (ODA) spending during what is expected to be a cost-cutting budget. In a
Last Updated: September 15, 2024, 09:01 IST At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country’s capital city. (Reuters) In Myanmar, the floods “resulted in 74 deaths and 89 people missing” as of Friday evening, the Global New Light of Myanmar said The death toll
Former President Trump painted a dystopian image of California as crime-ridden, water-starved and flooded with illegal immigrants as a warning about what will happen to the nation if Kamala Harris is elected president. “I’m here today in California with a very simple message for the American people: We cannot allow Comrade Kamala Harris and the
A Massachusetts military veteran has been arrested for allegedly shooting a pro-Palestine agitator who charged at him during a pro-Israel demonstration. Scott Hayes, 47, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and violation of a constitutional right causing injury after the individual was left with ‘life-threatening injuries’. If found guilty, he faces
EXCLUSIVE: An Army veteran and House Foreign Affairs member on Thursday introduced a bill to eliminate taxes for all U.S. service members deployed overseas. Rep. Warren Davidson’s, R-Ohio, bill, the BRAVE Act, would amend the IRS code to expand that exemption to include not just designated combat zones, but all non-permanently deployed service members operating
President Xi Jinping pledged to step up Chinese support to Africa by funding nearly $51 billion over three years. Xi said China would deepen industrial, agricultural, infrastructure, trade, and investment cooperation with the resource-rich continent. At the ninth China-Africa Cooperation Summit, Xi pledged to unilaterally expand market access to Africa as delegates from over 50
The UN has said its humanitarian aid operation in the Gaza Strip is continuing, after a senior official said it had ground to a halt on Monday due to Israeli military evacuation orders. Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Tuesday evening that conditions “made it extremely, extremely difficult for us to do our work”, but
The United Nations says it has had to temporarily suspend its aid operation in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli military evacuation orders in the centre of the Palestinian territory. A senior official told the BBC that its humanitarian staff had been unable to operate on Monday because of safety concerns. Israeli evacuation orders covering
Under the ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ scheme, eligible women will receive a monthly financial aid of Rs 1,500. (Getty) Tatkare, in-charge of women and child development department, announced that before the auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan, the Maharashtra government had already started distributing financial aid to eligible women The Maharashtra government’s recently launched ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’