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United States will slash its economic assistance to Tunisia next year over the authoritarian path taken by authorities, said Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The US diplomat has not indicated the amount Read more
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and USAID-Jordan on Saturday launched a USAID-funded project to support the Kingdom’s energy sector with a value of $40 million over five years, Zawya reports. The fund, according to the Jordan News Agency, Read more
The US development Agency, USAID, and Egypt signed Monday seven grants worth $125 million to support education, health and other development projects in the Arab country. “I am pleased to announce $125 million worth of economic aid from the United Read more
Cooperation deals between Egypt and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed this year have reached $112.5 million (EGP 1.765 billion), Minister of International Cooperation Rania al Mashat has announced. The agreements have covered several areas including health, Read more
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would wrap up its operations in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza next year and began laying off part of its workers. The State Department has handed to the agency a list Read more
The defense minister of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet Tuesday chocked the world calling Palestinian journalist Yasser Murtaja who died Saturday after being shot the day earlier by Israeli Defense forces (IDF) a Hamas terrorist. Avigdor Liberman told the media Read more
U.S. first Lady Michelle Obama is visiting Morocco to promote education for girls in the North African Kingdom, one of Washington’s major allies in the region. Michelle Obama, who is accompanied by her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, was greeted Read more