(MintPress) – A report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) shows that 1 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished. An additional 100,000 children are underfed, contributing to one of the worst food shortages worldwide. While financial pledges from the U.S., Saudi Arabia and other wealthy donor countries have been strong, internal political strife and resource […]
(MintPress) – A report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) shows that 1 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished. An additional 100,000 children are underfed, contributing to one of the worst food shortages worldwide. While financial pledges from the U.S., Saudi Arabia and other wealthy donor countries have been strong, internal political strife and resource […]
(LEBANON) – In the summer of 1957, Ralph Izzard, a journalist working for the London Daily Mail in Beirut, found out that he was about to be recalled to England after spending three years in Lebanon. Instead of spending his remaining months idle, he and his wife Molly decided to make the best of their […]
(LEBANON) – In the summer of 1957, Ralph Izzard, a journalist working for the London Daily Mail in Beirut, found out that he was about to be recalled to England after spending three years in Lebanon. Instead of spending his remaining months idle, he and his wife Molly decided to make the best of their […]
(Mint Press)– On Thursday, a CNN interview on Wolf Blitzer’s program, The Situation Room, offered a rare opportunity to advance talks on the release of Alan Gross, an American contractor working for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) who was detained in Cuba in 2006 on charges of plotting against the state. Speaking to […]
(Mint Press)– On Thursday, a CNN interview on Wolf Blitzer’s program, The Situation Room, offered a rare opportunity to advance talks on the release of Alan Gross, an American contractor working for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) who was detained in Cuba in 2006 on charges of plotting against the state. Speaking to […]
(MintPress)—In his annual budget meeting with Congress, President Barack Obama expressed his desire to establish an $800 million support fund for democracies emerging from the Arab Spring. The President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 included a total of $51.6 billion in funding for the State Department and foreign assistance, just 1% of the […]
(MintPress)—In his annual budget meeting with Congress, President Barack Obama expressed his desire to establish an $800 million support fund for democracies emerging from the Arab Spring. The President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 included a total of $51.6 billion in funding for the State Department and foreign assistance, just 1% of the […]
