Foreign Policy

London said Thursday that three Iranian vessels had unsuccessfully tried “to impede the passage” of a British commercial vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran denied it. A statement issued by the British Ministry of […]

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Japan is ready to explain to South Korea export curbs it applied to materials vital to it’s neighbor’s tech industry, as their dispute stemming from Japan’s colonial rule stoked worries about global supply chains for […]

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The State Department approved Monday the sale of Abrams tanks and Stinger missiles to Taiwan, a move which comes amid trade tensions with China and is certain to provoke its anger. Congress was notified of […]

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An economic decoupling from the United States is looking more likely and China should get ready, scholars in Beijing warned on Saturday, a year after President Donald Trump fired the first shot in the trade […]

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Tehran said on Sunday that within hours it would breach the limits on uranium enrichment set four years ago in an accord with the United States and other international powers that were designed to keep […]

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Negotiations are set to resume Monday between the Venezuelan government and the opposition group calling for its ouster in a bid to end months of political instability, the two sides announced, CNN informed. Negotiations will […]

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The British ambassador to the United States described the White House as “uniquely dysfunctional,” told his counterparts back home that President Trump was “inept” and “insecure,” and warned that his administration could collapse in “disgrace”, […]

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The United States called an emergency meeting of a United Nations nuclear watchdog group to discuss Iran, The Hill reported. U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna Jackie Wolcott requested a special meeting of the […]

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The parents of Otto Warmbier filed a claim for a North Korean cargo ship that was seized by the U.S. in May, noting the asset could be used to pay off part of the family’s […]

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Iran’s intelligence minister has said Tehran and Washington could hold talks only if the United States ended its sanctions and Iran’s top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gave his approval, state news agency IRNA reported on […]

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Venezuelan special forces have carried out thousands of extrajudicial killings in the past 18 months and then manipulated crime scenes to make it look as if the victims had been resisting arrest, the United Nations […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that his country is ready to rekindle disarmament discussions with the United States, dismissing speculations that an arms race was imminent due to the collapse of a significant nuclear […]

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North Korea accused the Trump administration Wednesday of talking out of both sides of its mouth — saying the U.S. is publicly pushing the narrative of open dialogue between the two nations but is “more […]

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President Donald Trump has warned Iran to be “careful with threats” as they can “come back to bite you” in response to Tehran’s vow that it will exceed within days its uranium enrichment level agreed […]

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he was committed to talks with the opposition to resolve a political crisis, hours after opposition leader Juan Guaido said there would “never” be a good time to […]

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Chinese President Xi Jinping urged his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to show “flexibility” and act in a “timely” fashion to ease sanctions on North Korea at the G20 summit last week – echoing Pyongyang’s high-stakes […]

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European signatories to a nuclear pact with Iran said on Tuesday they were “extremely concerned” by Tehran’s apparent breach of the 2015 deal, as Israel said it was preparing for possible involvement in any confrontation […]

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As tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to escalate to the point of a possible confrontation between military forces, current and former U.S. national security officials remain focused on the potential threat posed by proxy […]

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Four days before Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido launched a military uprising in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, he told supporters at a rally outside the capital, Caracas: “In the next few days, […]

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Iran has exceeded a key limitation on how much nuclear fuel it can possess under the 2015 international pact curbing its nuclear program, effectively declaring that it would no longer respect an agreement that President […]

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Afghan security forces on Monday were battling Taliban gunmen who stormed a building in the capital, Kabul, after a bomb-laden truck exploded near the defense ministry at rush hour, injuring at least 100 people, including […]

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President Donald Trump made a statement over the weekend regarding Turkey’s purchase of S-Russian 400 systems that seemed to contradict members of his administration, who say that Ankara should face sanctions over it, Russia Business […]

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Former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of lying that his predecessor’s administration made several attempts to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, but was rejected. “Trump is lying. […]

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The Palestinian Authority has targeted local businessmen who participated in a U.S.-led economic conference in Bahrain last week centered on improving the Palestinian economy, arresting one attendee and trying to detain another, The Wall Street […]

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According to CNN, President Donald Trump insisted on Saturday that he raised the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “I did mention it to him very […]

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