WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver on Tuesday for life-saving humanitarian assistance during a 90-day pause in foreign aid while Washington undertakes a review, according to a State Department memo seen by Reuters.

The move, detailed in emails obtained by The Post, comes as the Trump administration seeks to radically reorient the U.S. relationship with foreign assistance.

Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear it does not aim to develop nuclear weapons, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.

The White House on Tuesday justified a sweeping freeze in US overseas assistance by citing a $50 million condom distribution program in the Gaza Strip, without offering evidence to back up the claim.

Despite the withdrawal, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is confident that U.S. cities, states and businesses "will continue to demonstrate vision and leadership by working for the low-carbon, resilient economic growth that will create ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world’s thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster” that spares no one, while calling for greater attention to risks posed by artificial intelligence if its ascent goes ungoverned — even as some leaders played up its

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Rwandan troops to exit the Democratic Republic of Congo and cease aiding M23 rebels nearing Goma. The conflict, escalating in DRC's east, has claimed

Representatives of many countries to the United States have expressed the hope for a full implementation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. The agreement, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States,

The United States is one of the largest aid providers and it is vital that we work constructively to jointly shape a strategic path forward.”

Rwanda-backed rebels say they captured eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, as the United Nations described a "mass panic" among its 2 million people.

After 3 UN peacekeepers were killed in eastern Congo, Guterres emphasised that attacks against UN staff may constitute a war crime United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Sunday on Rwandan forces to withdraw from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and halt support for fighters advancing on the key Congolese city of Goma.