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Donor nations meeting at a conference on aid to Afghanistan here Sunday pledged $16 billion over the next four years for civilian projects from roads to schools to strengthening rule of law, in exchange for pledges from the Afghan government to combat corruption.

China's premier pledged $10 billion in concessional loans to African nations and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries.

The White House says President Barack Obama has signed a bill that gives $7 billion in aid to Pakistan over five years, a measure that the nuclear-armed U.S. ally's military had claimed was an intrusion into the Asian nation's internal affairs.

American military helicopters ferried tons of aid Sunday to a northern Philippine mountain region facing shortages of food, gasoline ...

Philippine officials scampered to send relief aid Monday to hundreds of thousands hit by weekend floods in and around Manila, while anger mounted over what was seen as an inadequate response from the government.