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

said Wong, former deputy administrator of USAID’s Bureau ... respond to the March 28 earthquake because USAID was dismantled. Rather, he told reporters in Brussels, Myanmar was not "the easiest ...

Earthquakes are devastating for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, but for military dictators clinging to ...

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

The Trump administration fired three workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday as they were in Myanmar to assess damage from the earthquake and to report back on ...

The earthquake is the first big natural disaster to strike overseas since the new Trump administration started gutting USAID, and can thus be seen as the first real-time test of the policy’s effects.

In March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, with its epicenter 10 miles northwest of Sagaing, near Mandalay. The quake was followed by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock. According to ...

The sharp decline stems in part from the US government’s abrupt dismantling of foreign aid. The US provided 30 percent of aid ...

As the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation navigates the aftermath of a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake—and potential ...

USAID Team Fired While in Myanmar Earthquake Zone, Ex-Official Says By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery ...

a former USAID official says BANGKOK, Thailand – Three US aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country’s massive earthquake, a former senior ...