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World
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International
3/10/2025 2:26:46 PM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the United States was cancelling 83 percent of programs at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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World
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Region
3/2/2025 10:56:06 AM
Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration's decision to eliminate more than 90% of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding. Hours after the announcement earlier this week, programs were shuttered, leaving millions of people without access to life-saving care.
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World
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International
2/27/2025 10:17:13 AM
Thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces.
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World
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International
2/24/2025 10:01:53 AM
The Trump administration moved its fast-paced dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development toward what appeared to be its final phases, telling all but a fraction of staffers worldwide that they were on leave as of Monday and notifying at least 1,600 of the U.S.-based staffers they were being fired.
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World
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International
2/12/2025 11:17:24 PM
US President Donald Trump's order to suspend most foreign aid has sent shock waves through the humanitarian sector, threatening to trigger mass layoffs at many NGOs and possibly destroy others altogether.
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World
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International
2/12/2025 12:20:06 PM
US President Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), US media outlets reported on Wednesday.
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Business
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Energy
2/11/2025 2:55:26 PM
Ride-hailing app DiDi Egypt announced Tuesday a strategic collaboration with TAQA Gas subsidiary Master Gas, a distributor of compressed natural gas (CNG), to promote CNG usage among Egyptian drivers.
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World
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International
2/10/2025 3:58:05 PM
The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the world's biggest aid agencies, on Monday announced that it was "forced" to suspend its humanitarian activities in almost 20 countries due to the US aid freeze under President Donald Trump.
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World
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International
2/10/2025 2:39:03 PM
A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a temporary halt to plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job.
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World
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International
2/7/2025 1:50:54 PM
The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government's giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer than 300 people from more than 10,000, the New York Times reported Thursday.
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Life & Style
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Health
2/6/2025 11:17:52 AM
Trump's decision to freeze foreign assistance has sent aid staff in Africa into "panic mode", with even HIV experimental treatment programmes stopped.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/5/2025 12:10:51 PM
Egyptian film Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo, which premiered in January in Egypt, was released in 100 cinemas across the Arab world and is yet to be screened in California, USA.
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World
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International
2/3/2025 10:37:35 PM
The Trump administration's attempt to fold the USAID humanitarian agency into the State Department calls into question the future of tens of billions of dollars in financial support to some of the world's poorest countries.
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World
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International
2/3/2025 2:15:20 PM
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency.
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World
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International
2/3/2025 10:12:48 AM
The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according to the Trump administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk — who has been wrestling for control of the agency in recent days.
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World
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International
2/2/2025 10:24:52 PM
Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development on Sunday, calling it a "criminal organization" after Donald Trump moved to freeze the bulk of Washington's foreign assistance for three months.
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World
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International
2/2/2025 5:29:19 PM
The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President Donald Trump's freeze on US-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/28/2025 9:47:37 PM
The fate of hundreds of Egyptian beneficiaries of USAID-funded scholarships is ambiguous after Trump decided to freeze foreign aid
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/28/2025 9:43:13 PM
Military allocations to Egypt are exempt from the new US administration’s freeze on foreign aid, Gamal Essam El-Din explains why
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Sports
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Omni sports
1/4/2025 3:20:14 PM
Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek will battle for United Cup glory after the USA and Poland won their respective semi-finals on Saturday in Sydney amid bizarre circumstances.
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