The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast amounts of carbon and the alarming levels of climate-heating carbon dioxide ...

Sudanese officials and rights groups say insurgent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force have killed hundreds of ...

Global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024 Corruption ...

Lillian Achom stood with President Trump as he backed her women's development work - work she says is threatened by his USAID ...

Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.

The summary “Index of Global Tightening or Easing” color-bar can be found just above the map. The index ranges from -10 (dark blue) to 10 (dark red), where -10 indicates that all countries are ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

Sunny with a high of 96 °F (35.6 °C). Winds NNW at 10 to 12 mph (16.1 to 19.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds NNW at 10 to 12 mph (16.1 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 72 °F (22.2 °C ...

The Trump administration is laying off thousands at USAID, which funds the North Kingstown social enterprise that has fed 25 million children around the world.

Fierce fighting in south and west Sudan killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 130 Monday, medics said, as the devastating war between the army and paramilitary forces rages on.

MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt and concurrently to Sudan Sergei Terentyev met with Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of ...

The map below, using USAID data released by U.S. Office of Foreign Assistance, shows the countries where USAID spent most money in 2023. Ukraine has been removed in order to better show relative spend ...