Foreign Policy

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday it was still too dangerous to relax a stringent lockdown hammering the economy as that may cause a deadly second outbreak, Reuters reported. Speaking outside his Downing […]

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South Korean officials are emphasizing that they have detected no unusual movements in North Korea and are cautioning against reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may be ill or is being isolated because of […]

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing a legal argument claiming the country is still a participant in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Sunday. This plan […]

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Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country’s Human Rights Commission says, BBC reported. The announcement, citing a royal decree by King Salman, comes […]

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Tehran was closely following United States activities, but would never initiate a conflict in the region, Al Jazeera reported. Rouhani’s comments, which come at a time of rising tension […]

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A train thought to belong to Kim Jong-un has been spotted at his compound in a resort town on the country’s east coast, according to satellite images, amid conflicting reports about the North Korean leader’s […]

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Saudi Arabia is ending flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom’s top court, Guardian reported. The decision by the general commission for the supreme court, taken sometime this month, […]

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With Pyongyang saying nothing so far about outside media reports that leader Kim Jong-un may be unwell, there’s renewed worry about who’s next in line to run a nuclear-armed country that’s been ruled by the […]

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Washington is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, is in grave danger after undergoing a previous surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge, CNN informs. A second source familiar with […]

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After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and ill-prepared to cope with the coronavirus, an enemy that knows no conflict lines, The Associated Press reports. Medical […]

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President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as he ratcheted up criticism of Beijing over its handling of the outbreak, Reuters […]

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Saudi Arabia is confronting the global crisis from a position of strength, given its strong financial position and reserves, with relatively low government debt, declared Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, referring to the impact of the […]

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Nations around the world reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. Health experts warned the move could jeopardize […]

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While both Tehran and Washington face the same invisible enemy in the coronavirus pandemic, Iran and the U.S. remain locked in retaliatory pressure campaigns that now view the outbreak as just the latest battleground, The […]

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China’s northeastern border with Russia has become a frontline in the fight against a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic as new daily cases rose to the highest in nearly six weeks – with more than […]

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Italy and Spain are preparing for several more weeks under lockdown as volatile coronavirus infection rates prevent Europe’s governments from easing curbs on public life, Bloomberg reports. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, whose country has […]

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Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced that the kingdom and its allies would observe a unilateral cease-fire in the war in Yemen starting at noon on Thursday, a move that could pave the way for ending […]

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World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after President Donald Trump said he would […]

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centres and unveiled a stimulus package he described as among the world’s biggest to soften […]

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Japan is to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus, the prime minister said, with the government preparing a stimulus […]

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President Donald Trump said he has invited U.S. oil executives to the White House to discuss ways to help the industry “ravaged” by slumping energy demand during the coronavirus outbreak and a price war between […]

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