Foreign Policy

The United States has put military aid to support Lebanese Armed Forces to an indefinite hold, a source with knowledge told CNN. The White House placed an “indefinite implementation hold” on security assistance, including a […]

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President Donald Trump appeared to be unequivocal to host a meeting for his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House and said that he would ‘love to’ have the world leader come to Capitol […]

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The World Trade Organization gave China the go-ahead on Friday to impose sanctions on up to $3.6 billion of American goods in a fight over unfairly cheap Chinese goods, a decision that is likely to […]

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United States Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said in a statement for Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV that Tehran has spent $16 billion on its “militias” deployed in Iraq and Syria. According to Reuters, Special […]

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Turkey is forcibly sending Syrian refugees to an area of Syria near the border where it aims to set up a “safe zone” even though the conflict there has not ended, Amnesty International said in […]

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Hong Kong medical workers plan to rally in the heart of the city’s financial center on Saturday, angry at perceived police brutality during more than four months of sometimes violent anti-government protests, Reuters informs. Pro-democracy […]

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The European Union agreed to London’s request for a Brexit deadline extension on Friday but set no new departure date, giving Britain’s divided parliament time to decide on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for […]

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Pyongyang has proposed that Seoul discuss the removal of its facilities from the North’s resort of Mount Kumgang, a key symbol of cooperation that Pyongyang recently criticized as “shabby” and “capitalist,” the South’s officials said […]

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The presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin agreed that the Syrian Kurdish forces are to withdraw more than 30 km (19 miles) from the Turkish border. Russia said it is sending more military policemen and […]

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The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the United States had betrayed and abandoned the Syrian Kurds and advised the Kurds to withdraw from the Syrian border as per a deal between Moscow and Ankara or […]

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Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands […]

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British lawmakers have rejected the government’s attempt to pass its Brexit bill within days. Legislators voted 322-308 Tuesday against a timetable that gave the House of Commons just three days to debate the Withdrawal Agreement […]

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Russia agreed to help Turkey drive out Kurdish militias from a “safe zone” in northeastern Syria, highlighting Moscow’s flourishing ties with a NATO member and a rebalance of power in war-torn Syria as U.S. troops […]

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China has demanded the WTO to slap retaliatory sanctions worth $2.4bn against the United States, after the States had violated a rule on tariffs on Chinese goods during the Obama administration, The Hill reported. Reuters […]

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Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani held a meeting with the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of American lawmakers in an unannounced visit to the country, Fox News informed. The Afghan government’s statement explains […]

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Hawaii Democrat Brian Schatz confronted GOP congressmen after President Donald Trump likened the Turkish military offensive against Kurds in Syria to a schoolyard fight. “Enough is enough. Republican silence is a historic travesty,” Schatz tweeted […]

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discarded a letter from President Donald Trump who urged him not to be a “tough guy” or a “fool”, according to the BBC. Trump sent a letter to Erdoğan on October 9 in […]

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