December 20, 2015 Graham threatens to cut funds to UN if Obama bypasses Congress on Iran sanctions South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is throwing down the gauntlet, warning the White House he’ll move to cut funding to the United Nations if the administration turns to the international body to lift sanctions on Iran as part of a nuclear deal.
December 20, 2015 Gen. Petraeus: Biggest threat to Iraq's stability is Iran-backed militias, not ISIS Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus believes the biggest threat to long-term stability in Iraq isn’t the Islamic State but instead Iran-backed Shiite militias.
December 20, 2015 US to send Ukraine small drones, armored Humvees Vice President Joe Biden told Ukraine's president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, which U.S. officials said will include small drones and armored Humvees.
December 20, 2015 Gulf states want weapons, promises from US for Iran nuke deal support Leading Persian Gulf states want major new weapons systems and security guarantees from the White House in exchange for backing a nuclear agreement with Iran, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
December 20, 2015 US-built Ebola treatment centers reportedly sit empty in Liberia Several treatment centers built by U.S. troops and meant to receive Ebola patients are sitting empty or nearly empty in the West African country of Liberia, according to a published report.
December 20, 2015 US reportedly supplying Ukraine military with obsolete equipment The U.S. has been supplying Ukrainian forces with obsolete equipment, some of which dates back almost thirty years, according to a published report.
December 12, 2015 Kerry says no nuke deal yet with Iran, Israel PM criticizing plan to loosen sanctions Israel remains defiant and outraged over talks between the international community and Iran over its nuclear program – talks that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the ‘deal of the century’ for Tehran.
December 10, 2015 Did UN food aid for Yemen go to the not-so-poor? The United Nations World Food Program has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on food aid intended for the most desperately poor people in Yemen -- but included not just impoverished households, but also some that “belonged to the wealthiest” categories on a national social welfare scale, according to the agency’s own audit report.
December 9, 2015 UNICEF’s North Korea office barred from oversight of its own health projects, audit probe warns Five years after the United Nations Development Program closed, then reopened its offices in North Korea amid controversy over the payout of hard currency to the rogue communist government and other issues, the child relief agency UNICEF has some of the same glaring problems, according to its own auditors.
December 9, 2015 UN children’s agency sells itself to big business, big donors With governments increasingly unwilling to contribute funds, UNICEF is gambling that it can entice more than half a billion additional dollars from private individuals and multinational corporate partners over the next three years — and rebrand itself as a different kind of 21st Century global child welfare agency in the process.
