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- Will U.S. aid change the trajectory of the war in Ukraine?
With $61 billion heading to Ukraine, Hal Brands, editor of "War in Ukraine," discusses the current state of the conflict.
04/30/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link - The Latest | UN court won't block German military aid to Israel amid war in Gaza
Officials from Hamas have left Cairo after talks with Egyptian officials on a new proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, Egypt’s state-owned Al-Qahera News satellite channel said Tuesday. The channel, ...
04/29/2024 - 8:27 pm | View Link - The US is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here's how it would work
Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has said the aid will undergo security checks at Larnaca port ... the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies and partners. The group ...
04/29/2024 - 2:08 pm | View Link - Over 100 Human Rights Groups Blast Biden And Congress For Suspending Critical Aid To Palestinians
Not reinstating the funding "would be a moral stain on this Administration and Congress's legacy,” the groups said in a joint letter, which was first seen by HuffPost.
04/29/2024 - 5:48 am | View Link - With foreign aid approved, Congress turns to federal agencies
I mean, now that the Ukraine funding has passed, that kind of foreign aid, has a lot of issues within the conference ... So, we have basically a small group of members that could unseat the speaker, ...
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