Foreign Policy

A senior North Korean official has railed against ongoing U.S.-South Korea joint military drills and threatened to freeze out Seoul by only holding future talks with Washington, CNN reported. Kwon Jong Gun, the director general […]

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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Sunday President Nicolas Maduro’s government is preparing to dissolve the opposition-run legislature and call new legislative elections, potentially escalating Venezuela’s political crisis, Reuters informed. Guaido, who is also […]

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The government of Pakistan has urged the United States to do more and help end the standoff in Kashmir after India revoked the state’s autonomy, sparking anger among Pakistanis. “The U.S. could do and the […]

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President Donald Trump on Friday praised the “very beautiful” letter he had received from North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, only hours before the regime conducted yet another weapons test. Trump told reporters that the letter was […]

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The United States and Turkey agreed on Wednesday to create a safe zone in northeastern Syria that would allow Turkey to protect its borders from Syrian-Kurdish forces that it regards as a terrorist threat and […]

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration issued a warning Wednesday to commercial ships concerning reported GPS interference by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. The department also said there have […]

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Tehran asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against Washington after the U.S. imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, describing the move as “a dangerous precedent”, Reuters reported. In […]

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A new report by the Pentagon inspector general says terror group ISIS is re-surging in Syria, findings that seem to contradict President Donald Trump’s claims from several months ago that the group’s caliphate had been […]

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The Trump administration has launched a last-ditch effort to head off a Turkish invasion of northeast Syria that it expects will come within the next two weeks, The Washington Post reported. With tens of thousands […]

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War with Iran is the mother of all wars, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again that shipping might not be safe in the […]

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North Korea continues to test its nuclear weapons, launching two new short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday, while lamenting the continued U.S-South Korea joint military drills, which Pyongyang claims could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy. […]

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President Donald Trump announced Monday that the country’s sanctions against Venezuela already in place would be expanded into a total economic embargo. Trump said he would sign an executive order imposing an embargo aimed at […]

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Seoul and Washington are to begin annual joint military exercises on Monday, defying warnings from Pyongyang that the war games will jeopardize nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea, Channel News Asia reported. The […]

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Iranian forces seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf that was smuggling fuel to Arab states and has detained seven crewmen, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday, Reuters informs. The vessel was intercepted near […]

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Turkish and American military officials will meet in Ankara next week to discuss the establishment of a safe zone in Syria, according to an official statement Friday, Anadolu Agency informs. Turkish National Defense Ministry said […]

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Some Saudi women joked about rushing to the airport – alone. Others breathed a sigh of relief that the men in their lives, whether fathers, brothers or husbands, could no longer dictate their movements. Social […]

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Hamza bin Laden, the son of late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is believed to be dead, U.S. officials said Wednesday, pointing to evidence that confirms their beliefs. They added that the United States […]

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A U.S. official said late Thursday that North Korea fired yet another projectile in the Sea of Japan, most likely a short-range ballistic missile similar to the previous two the country had launched earlier in […]

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Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani lambasted new U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration targeting the country’s foreign minister, describing the move on Thursday as “childish” and a barrier to diplomacy, ABC News reported. Rouhani’s remarks came […]

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Former VP Joe Biden is seeking to gain support for a health care policy that is part of his presidential campaign, The Hill reported. The policy was advertised in the form of a sticker sent by […]

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