Reforms

Spanish minister enters race to lead UN labour agency, amid US funding concerns

Spain's Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz gives the opening speech at the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit 2026 in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, in Beijing, China, May 18, 2026. ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/Pool via REUTERS

Pakistan's US funding push after Iran war role draws skepticism from economists

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during a Reuters interview in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 15, 2026. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

Treasury's Bessent welcomes Pakistan's reforms, push to return to capital markets

Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shake hands as they meet in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026. Ministry of Finance/Handout via REUTERS

US sends first humanitarian flight to Cuba under new aid package

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a ministerial meeting on political violence, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Tanzania arrests 130 people as government cracks down on dissent

Senegal's Faye plans to form his own political party

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrives to attend the Africa Forward Summit 2026 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), in Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Raul Castro's grandson open to negotiations with the US, he tells USA Today

Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, known as \"El Cangrejo”, grandson of former President Raul Castro, attends a pro-government rally called by Cuban authorities to protest U.S. policies toward the island, including the indictment of the former president, in Havana, Cuba, May 22, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Moldova's Prime Minister Munteanu steps down

Alexandru Munteanu takes his oath as Moldova's new Prime Minister, in Chisinau, Moldova, November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza

Germany’s beleaguered ruling coalition unveils reform package

(From left) Bavarian State Premier Markus Soeder, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Labour and Social Affairs Minister Baerbel Bas and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil in Berlin on July 2.

Colombia president-elect taps Miguel Gomez as finance minister

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