Foreign Policy

President Donald Trump’s fondness of Russia’s Vladimir Putin is no secret. Ever since he took office, Trump has publicly shown his tendency to believe Putin when he denies interfering in the 2016 presidential election. A […]

Follow

President Donald Trump met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka where they discussed trade relations between their countries, a meeting Trump himself said “went better than expected.” He deemed […]

Follow

President Donald Trump met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as part of the G20 summit in Osaka, where he asked the Russian president not to interfere in the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., […]

Follow

Shortly after South Korean President Moon-Jae-in said the U.S. and North Korea had been holding behind-the-scenes denuclearization talks, reviving hopes of a third summit between the countries’ leaders, a top official from the North’s Foreign […]

Follow

Before leaving for the G20 summit in Japan, President Donald Trump complained about the defense pact between the two countries, taking also the opportunity to lash out at some member countries for what he said […]

Follow

Hopes were rekindled Wednesday of a possible third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, even though Pyongyang criticized Washington and its “hostility.” The North Korean Foreign Ministry claimed the U.S. […]

Follow

The White House on Saturday outlined a $50 billion Middle East economic plan that would create a global investment fund to lift the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies, and fund a $5 billion transportation […]

Follow

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and will put serious thought into its content, North Korea’s state-run news agency KCNA said, Reuters informed. In a report published […]

Follow

Rising tension between the U.S. and Iran eased at least temporarily on Friday after President Donald Trump said he called off a planned military strike in order to spare Iranian lives, a development that opened […]

Follow

Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from U.S. President Donald Trump warning that a U.S. attack on Iran was imminent but saying he was against war and wanted talks […]

Follow

Top Chinese and U.S. officials will resume trade talks in accordance with the wishes of their leaders, but China hopes the United States will create the necessary conditions for dialogue, the Chinese commerce ministry said […]

Follow

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbor, hit by U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, a week before Xi and President Donald Trump […]

Follow

A U.S. military drone has been shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile while in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials said, BBC reports. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it shot down […]

Follow

A rocket hit a site in southern Iraq used by foreign oil companies on Wednesday, including U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, wounding three people and threatening to further escalate U.S.-Iran tensions in the region, Reuters informs. […]

Follow

Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to make his first state visit to North Korea this week, a surprise move that could rattle his relationship with President Donald Trump, who has twice met the North’s leader, […]

Follow

Venezuela on Monday freed opposition lawmaker Gilber Caro, who was detained in April in what allies said was a violation of his parliamentary immunity, the opposition-controlled National Assembly said on Twitter, Reuters writes. The move […]

Follow

Iran announced on Monday it would breach uranium enrichment limits in 10 days in a move that drew an accusation of “nuclear blackmail” from Washington, but it added that European nations still had time to […]

Follow

Iran’s top paramilitary force is maintaining support for armed groups in the Middle East and finding new sources of funding, defying U.S. efforts to weaken its activities abroad as tensions between Washington and Tehran soar […]

Follow

The Trump administration has decided to delay the release of the political part of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan until Israel holds elections and forms a government this fall, according to two sources, who said that […]

Follow

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is blaming Iran for last week’s attack on two ships in the Gulf of Oman, calling on the international community to take a “firm stand towards an exponential regime […]

Follow

Just days after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iran could be responsible for the attack on two oil tankers that took place in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump reiterated his comments, saying […]

Follow

Over 300 sites in North Korea have been identified as locations of public executions carried out by the hermit kingdom, sometimes drawing hundreds of forced spectators as the part of a campaign to intimidate citizens, […]

Follow

Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport was struck by a rebel Houthi missile from Yemen on Wednesday wounding 26 people, the Saudi military says.   The missile hit the airport’s arrivals hall, with three women and two […]

Follow