Foreign Policy

As President Donald Trump re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran last month, hackers scrambled to break into personal emails of American officials tasked with enforcing them, The Associated Press has found another sign of how […]

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The United States and South Korea have failed to agree on a bigger South Korean share of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops, as Washington warned Korean workers they might be put on leave if […]

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The massive Marriott hacking that the hotel chain revealed this month could become part of the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, CNBC reported. The data breach lasted four years, and the intruders stole […]

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The South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf was an offshore discovery that, for oilmen, is the stuff of dreams. The largest natural gas field in the world, it stretches across the maritime border […]

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Soldiers from North and South Korea criss-crossed their heavily-fortified border Wednesday to inspect efforts to remove front-line guard posts from their respective sides, Voice of America reported. Inspection teams from South Korea were greeted by […]

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Following President Donald Trump’s statement that his administration was open to using the arrest of Huawei’s CFO as a bargaining chip in trade talks with China, Canada warned him strongly against doing so, telling him […]

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Saudi Arabia wants to bring several states lining the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden into a bloc to improve trade and maritime navigation, according to state-run media, Bloomberg reported. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz […]

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A Canadian judge has approved the release on bail of the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms group Huawei, despite concerns raised by the U.S. that she is a flight risk, Financial Times reports. Justice […]

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The Trump administration is open to the idea of using the arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou as a bargaining chip in the trade talks with China, President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday. He further […]

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The Trump administration slapped sanctions on three North Korean officials on Monday in response to Pyongyang’s ongoing human rights abuses and censorship, CNN writes. The sanctions announcement comes as President Donald Trump floats the idea […]

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The United States and China will continue with their trade negotiations even though the recent arrest of Huawei’s CFO caused turmoil leading to heightened tension between the two countries. The Chine Commerce Industry issued a […]

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President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Russia on Tuesday that the U.S. would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in two months if Moscow refuses to adhere to its obligations under the […]

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Following President Donald Trump’s various claims about the reasons behind the violent protests in France, he was urged by the country’s foreign minister not to interfere in France’s affairs. “We do not take domestic American […]

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At dinner with China’s president, Xi Jinping, on Saturday night in Buenos Aires, President Trump celebrated their “special” relationship and all but predicted they would emerge with a truce in the trade war between the […]

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China promised Wednesday that it would carry out a tariff cease-fire with the United States, but it provided no details as to what Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump agreed to at the G-20 summit […]

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers are searching for an “appropriate” response to the slaying of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi but warned against a “complete fracture” with Saudi Arabia, The Hill reports. “No […]

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South Korea’s president says President Donald Trump told him he has a “very friendly view” of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and wants to grant his wishes if he denuclearizes, TIME reports. North Korea has […]

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In a series of tweets from Buenos Aires, where he is attending a G20 summit, U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his decision to seek a business deal in Russia in 2016 even as he […]

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The day before Donald Trump sits down to negotiate what investors hope will be a cease-fire in his trade war with China, the U.S. president reminded the world of one key economic complaint: currency manipulation, […]

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Stability in Saudi Arabia is the cornerstone of prosperity and progress in the Gulf, and China firmly supports Riyadh in its drive for economic diversification and social reform, President Xi Jinping told Saudi Crown Prince […]

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The latest tensions surrounding the Kremlin’s decision to seize three Ukrainian naval ships in the Azov Sea are forcing foreign investors to reconsider Russia as Moscow faces the possibility of broader and tougher Western sanctions, […]

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