Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday rejected criticism that Washington was slow to respond to the March 28 earthquake because USAID was dismantled. Rather, he told reporters in Brussels, Myanmar ...

As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it ...

After the Trump administration’s assaults on USAID, and pushback from its allies, where are we today? Well, a lot of ...

Myanmar’s junta has plunged the country ... which would have been diverted to earthquake response, USAID employees said. Another terminated program involved helping grassroots organizations ...

I spoke with Milligan, who retired from USAID in 2021, via Zoom on Tuesday about the inadequacy of the US response to the earthquake recovery and its impacts on citizens of Myanmar; how the ...

One former US Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director for Myanmar told the BBC that "America has been ...

USAID accounted for a third of Myanmar’s foreign aid last year. Now, this funding is gone as the country grapples with a ...

By dismantling foreign aid, US President Donald Trump surrendered soft power in Southeast Asia and cleared the path for China ...

Even if moral or humanitarian factors do not bother Trump’s administration, geopolitical strategic consequences should.

The U.S. Secretary of State defended a modest $2 million contribution for Myanmar, recovering from a 7.7 magnitude earthquake ...

In March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, with its epicenter 10 miles northwest of Sagaing, near Mandalay. The quake occurred at 12:50 p.m. local time and was followed by a ...