Foreign Policy

Saudi Arabia will defeat the coronavirus pandemic and “the country is heading toward the good,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in an exchange of Eid Al-Fitr greetings with senior government officials, Arab News reported. […]

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The Chinese government’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said on Sunday that China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and would lose from confrontation, adding both sides must find a way for […]

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Palestinians on Friday to continue their uprising against Israel, suggesting the Israeli government was a “tumor” that should be confronted until Palestinians were liberated, Reuters informs. Opposition […]

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The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships, Reuters reported. “The […]

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Japan must maintain an appropriate “policy mix” by adopting strong fiscal spending to go with the Bank of Japan’s powerful monetary easing to protect the economy and jobs from the coronavirus fallout, the ruling Liberal […]

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U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks, new rules, and carefully structured subsidies, Reuters informs. Interviews with a […]

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One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday, Reuters reported. The incident took place during training in the Gulf […]

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The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization, citing the need for the broadest effort possible to […]

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a president’s ability to wage war against Iran, as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic, […]

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington had nothing to do with an alleged incursion into Venezuela that landed two U.S. citizens behind bars in the crisis-stricken South American nation, The Associated Press reported. Trump […]

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The Trump administration is making ever louder pronouncements casting blame on China for the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to sidestep domestic criticism of the President’s own response, tarnish China’s global reputation and give the U.S. leverage […]

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Saudi Arabia is taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices that have rankled the United States and the […]

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President Donald Trump claims his hard-fought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic, threatening new tariffs on Beijing, as his administration crafts retaliatory measures over the outbreak, Reuters reports. […]

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on countries to deny overflight rights to Mahan Air, an Iranian airline under U.S. sanctions, which he said recently delivered cargoes of “unknown support” to the Venezuelan […]

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President Donald Trump said he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November, Reuters reported. In an interview with […]

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