Canada will provide C$60 million ($43.35 million) to support stability in Haiti, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
The funding includes C$40 million for the multinational security support mission in Haiti and C$20 million for a regional maritime security initiative, aimed at strengthening the capacity to tackle the growing threat of transnational organised crime in Haiti and the Caribbean, according to a statement from the Canadian foreign ministry.
Armed gangs have seized control of nearly all of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in an ongoing conflict that has displaced around 1.3 million people, killed thousands, and triggered famine-level hunger.
The European Union has added $17.4 million to its ongoing partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghan...
Russian air attacks have killed at least 12 people and injured several others in Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Tuesday, marking the sixt...
Israel and Greece have signed a €3 billion defence agreement that will see Israel build a new multi-layered air-defence system for Greece. It ...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have concluded talks in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, as leaders gather for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, with Tehran responding by launching ballistic missiles at two U.S. bases in Jordan in the first direct U.S.-Iran military escalation in weeks.
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are gathering in Bishkek for a summit focused on trade, investment and transport as the group marks 25 years since its creation.
Iran has reached an understanding with Oman on transit arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, but the waterway will remain closed until the U.S. fulfils its commitments, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Saturday.
Russia views NATO’s growing military activity in the Arctic as a direct threat to its national security, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, with China, Russia, Pakistan, the United States and the United Nations among the key partners on Uzbekistan’s agenda.
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet surpassed 1000 on Tuesday, with about 4,000 people, including 590 foreign nationals from 39 countries, still missing, as fresh rainfall pushed up river levels and forced rescuers to move to higher ground.
Russian air attacks have killed at least 12 people and injured several others in Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Tuesday, marking the sixth consecutive day of strikes on the Ukrainian capital.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to begin an official visit to Egypt on Tuesday (1 September), his first trip to the country in a decade, as Beijing and Cairo look to deepen political, economic and development cooperation.
Russian air attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region have killed 12 people and injured several others, Ukrainian officials said, marking the sixth consecutive day of strikes. The attacks come as Moscow intensifies its use of drones and ballistic missiles against Ukraine.
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