Foreign Policy

In an unprecedented rebuke by the U.K. Supreme Court, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was ruled “unlawful, void and to no effect.” Lawmakers can be recalled immediately, and there are already opposition demands for Johnson […]

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Iran is responsible for the attack because the equipment is Iranian equipment, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said in an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations. “We know that it didn’t come from the […]

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North Korea may be close to launching a submarine capable of firing missiles and is making efforts to conceal its preparations, new commercial satellite images obtained by CNN appear to show. The images from the […]

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As world leaders gather for their annual UN General Assembly session, Britain, France, and Germany joined the United States on Monday in blaming Iran for the Sept. 14 attacks on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, […]

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The U.S. won’t be sending any additional troops to Syria even though U.S. troops will perform additional tasks as part of an arrangement with Turkey to patrol a buffer zone along the Syrian-Turkish border, a zone designed […]

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Japan has failed to track the trajectory of some of North Korea’s new types of short-range missiles in a recent series of launches, raising concerns over Tokyo’s defense capabilities, sources close to the matter said […]

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday blamed Iran for the recent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and said that the U.K. would consider taking part in  U.S.-led military actions to support Saudi […]

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the U.S. was seeking to avoid a military conflict with Iran, adding that President Donald Trump wanted a “diplomatic solution” with the country. “Our mission set is […]

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Additional troops and missile defense equipment will be deployed to Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the wake of the recent attacks on the biggest Saudi oilfield, the Pentagon announced on Friday. Despite the move, […]

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An agreement signed Friday between the United States and El Salvador threatens to prevent some asylum seekers to seek refuge in the U.S., allowing the country at the same time to send some of these […]

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A South Korean newspaper reported yesterday that North Korea’s Kim Jong-un invited Donald Trump to Pyongyang as a way to restart failing nuclear talks. A reporter asked Trump yesterday whether the report was accurate, MSNBC […]

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Dueling UN resolutions calling for a cease-fire in the Idlib region of Syria were both defeated Thursday, leaving millions at risk amid a brutal government offensive, aided by Russian airstrikes, and a looming humanitarian disaster, […]

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Saudi Arabia said it holds Iran responsible for attacks that debilitated Saudi oil facilities, directly implicating Tehran for the first time but stopping short of explicitly accusing it of conducting the strikes, The Wall Street […]

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Venezuela’s socialist government on Wednesday called on the United States to restore diplomatic ties with Caracas after it opened talks with fringe opposition parties, AFP reported. Venezuela broke off relations with the United States after […]

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President Donald Trump ordered a major increase in sanctions on Iran on Wednesday as Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack “unquestionably sponsored” by Tehran. Trump […]

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Although President Donald Trump is trying to avoid war with Iran, it seems as if Tehran is daring him to respond, “testing the Trump administration,” said Gerald Feierstein, a former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen. He […]

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The U.S. is ready to exchange ambassadors with Belarus, said a top-ranking State Department official on Tuesday, a step that comes after a decade of tensions between the two nations. “It is my honor to […]

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President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran appeared to have been responsible for the weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. But he also said he would “like to avoid” a military conflict with Tehran, […]

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August amid stalled denuclearisation talks, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources, Reuters reported. Kim, […]

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An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander warned on Sunday that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were within range of Iranian missiles after Washington accused Iran of leading attacks on Saudi oil plants, raising […]

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