Venezuela’s frozen funds to be gradually released for humanitarian aid
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Venezuela’s government and opposition have asked the United Nations to manage billions of dollars held in foreign banks, which will be gradually unfrozen to combat a humanitarian crisis in the oil-rich nation, delegates announced in Mexico City on Saturday. Sources told Reuters last month the frozen funds amount to more than $US3 […]
Taliban calls for release of frozen funds after deadly earthquake
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Afghanistan’s Taliban administration on Saturday called on international governments to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on central bank assets following the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless. Afghan women carry water containers through the debris of damaged houses after the recent earthquake in Wor Kali village […]
Explainer – 9/11 families lay claim to Afghanistan’s frozen billions
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As the Taliban demand the release of billions of dollars in Afghan assets frozen overseas, another group of people is laying claim to the money – families of the victims of the 11th September, 2001 airplane attacks in the United States. The hardline Islamist movement, which returned to power last year […]