Foreign Policy

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday defended the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as protectors of Iran a day after the United States labeled the group as a foreign terrorist organization, Reuters writes. President Donald […]

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The U.S. pulled a contingent of troops from Libya over the weekend amid rising violence in the capital city of Tripoli, America’s top commander for Africa said, The Hill reported. “The security realities on the […]

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President Donald Trump is preparing to host Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the White House on Tuesday amid calls by rights groups for a less friendly welcome due to reports of human rights violations in […]

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On Friday, President Donald Trump rejected the idea of a summit with the presidents of Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador while persistently calling for these countries to address illegal immigration to the U.S. He further […]

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President Donald Trump appeared to back off from his previous threat to immediately close the southern border, saying instead that he would give Mexico a year before taking extreme measures to address drug trafficking and […]

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Trade talks between the United States and China made “good headway” last week in Beijing, as the two sides aim to bridge differences during talks that could extend beyond three days this week, White House […]

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Venezuela’s opposition figurehead, Juan Guaido, has vowed to continue fighting Nicolás Maduro’s “cowardly, miserable and murderous” regime after he was stripped of his parliamentary immunity – a move that potentially opens the door to his […]

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused the Trump administration on Tuesday of blocking efforts to aid Iranian victims of calamitous floods through “inhumane and cruel” restrictions imposed by renewed American banking sanctions on the country, the New […]

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Washington is considering additional sanctions against Iran, a senior U.S. administration official has said, Radio Liberty reported. Washington intends to follow through with new sanctions around the first anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from a […]

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A North Korean official says the U.S. missed a golden opportunity at the recent summit in Vietnam, and that Kim Jong-un will soon decide whether to pull out of nuclear negotiations with Washington, NPR informs. […]

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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has acknowledged that there can only be a change of government with the support of the armed forces – however, military chiefs have so far remained loyal to President Nicolas […]

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North Korea on Sunday called for an investigation into what it described as a “grave terrorist attack” on its embassy in Madrid last month, in its first official statement on the break-in, CNN informs. The […]

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Washington will never remove sanctions on Moscow because this is what its policies have been based on for years, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said while answering questions from users of the VKontakte social network […]

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China and the United States resumed trade talks in Beijing on Friday, giving another push to their high-stakes negotiations to end their months-long tariff war, South China Morning Post reported. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He met […]

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President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, are set to meet for a summit next month amid uncertainty over the future of nuclear negotiations with North Korea, CNN informs. Both leaders are […]

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and said that “all options” were open to make that happen, Reuters informs. The arrival of two Russian air force planes […]

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Nicolas Maduro’s embattled administration has called for calm after millions of Venezuelans were again plunged into darkness by a nationwide blackout reportedly affecting 21 of its 23 states and the capital, Caracas. In a late-night television […]

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The U.S-backed Syrian fighters who drove the Islamic State from its last strongholds are calling for an international tribunal to prosecute hundreds of foreigners rounded up in the nearly five-year campaign against the extremist group, […]

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Russian military officials have arrived in Venezuela to discuss equipment maintenance and training, and strategy, an official in Caracas has said. The statement came after a Russian-flagged cargo plane and an airliner were spotted at […]

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South Korea said some North Korean officials returned to an inter-Korean liaison office on Monday, three days after the North abruptly withdrew its entire staff citing unspecified instructions from “higher-level authorities,” TIME informs. Pyongyang’s decision […]

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Israel’s ambassador to the United States has said that President Donald Trump will formalize his decision to recognize the Golan Heights as part of Israel during Monday’s visit to the White House by Israeli Prime […]

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Tehran is planning to expand its ties with Lebanon in spite of the “provocative and interventionist” call by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to choose sides, Reuters informs. Pompeo said on Friday that […]

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