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The U.N. plans to host a meeting of Afghanistan envoys from around the world at the beginning of May, and the U.N.’s deputy secretary-gener...

 The United States has dedicated more than $8 billion to Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal, and the special inspector general for Afgh...

 A leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, “is the only explanation” for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that is supported by U.S. int...

 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that the world body has “officially” voiced its concern to the U.S...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi marked the regime’s annual “Army Day” on Tuesday by warning Israel that any hostile move against Iran would...

The White House said on Monday Brazil was “parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda” about the role of the West in the conflict in Ukraine,...

 A widening controversy over Twitter’s decision to label media outlets that receive government funding took a new twist Monday night when t...

China’s new defense minister, visiting Moscow on his first visit abroad since his appointment, says China-Russia relations have “entered a ...

The son of the late Shah of Iran is due to arrive in Israel on Monday for a visit rich in symbolism at a time when the clerical regime that...

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday in response to the outbreak of fierce fighting in Sudan that has killed ...

 The “All Blacks” is the nickname for New Zealand’s national rugby union team, one of the world’s best. Read

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that European “strategic autonomy” – the concept being championed by French Presi...

Brazil’s leftist president began a visit to China on Thursday by taking a swipe at the U.S. dollar and asking why the group of leading emer...

 The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on suspicion of war crimes in Ukraine is posing a ...

The foreign minister of Lithuania, one of Europe’s leading critics of the autocratic regimes in Beijing and Moscow, warned fellow European ...

“Nuclear warming” is a far greater threat to the world than global warming, “and all it takes is one madman and you’re going to have a pro...

 The United States and the Philippines began their largest-ever joint military drills on Tuesday, one day after China ended military exerci...

As investigations continue into the source of a leak of classified Defense Department documents, a Pentagon official said Monday the U.S. ...

Israel’s embattled prime minister pledged on Monday evening to restore security after a turbulent few days saw violent clashes on Jerusalem...

 As China’s People’s Liberation Army continued war games near Taiwan including simulated attacks against the island, Sen. Lindsey Graham (...

 French President Emmanuel Macron ended a high-profile visit to China telling reporters that Europeans should look to their own interests a...

 House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and members of a bipartisan delegation visiting Taiwan shrugged off att...

After Beijing’s warning of “countermeasures” in response to Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Cali...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday President Biden’s decision to ditch his predecessor’s “conditions-based” plan on wi...

 Russia on Wednesday rejected allegations that it has deported thousands of Ukrainian children from Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian...

Amid skirmishes between Israeli security forces and Muslim young men who reportedly barricaded themselves inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque...

 With a handover of documents in Brussels on Tuesday, the border between NATO and Russia more than doubled in length, a further consequence...

Iran’s supreme leader launched a vitriolic attack Tuesday on the United States and Israel, charging that a fast-declining U.S. has had a s...

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution opposing economic sanctions such as those used by the United States and its W...

In an expansion of the U.S. military presence in a longstanding Asian ally on China's doorstep, the Philippines has approved the use of...

 Launching Russia’s month-long presidency of the U.N. Security Council, Moscow’s U.N. ambassador said on Monday he would not relinquish the...

The two most influential countries in the Arab world have signaled their readiness to move towards rehabilitating Syrian President Bashar A...

 Saudi Arabia and half a dozen other members of OPEC+ announced on Sunday that they plan to cut up to a combined 1.15 million barrels of oi...

At a time when its relations with the West are undergoing significant strains, Russia assumes the presidency of the U.N. Security Council o...

Florida will not cooperate in any extradition request for former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday evenin...

The U.S. Senate voted 66-30 Wednesday to repeal two Iraq-related war authorizations, with Republicans divided on the question amid stepped...

A Republican lawmaker raised concerns on Capitol Hill this week about the fact Russia and China are developing sophisticated new nuclear w...

Less than 500 days before the Summer Olympics opens in Paris, the question of whether Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials will b...

A month after Russia informed the U.S. that it is suspending participation in the last remaining nuclear pact between the two countries, a...

A group of former senior U.S. officials and Mideast specialists is urging the Biden administration to take a firmer stance against the nor...

Only holders of IDs issued by member-states of the United Nations may enter the U.N. headquarters in New York City, a spokesman for Secret...

 A Russia-led request for a U.N.-mandated international investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines last September fel...

China and Russia pose significant challenges to the United States, but the U.S. cannot focus on those issues to the exclusion of cooperatin...

Ukraine has called for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s weekend announcement of...

President Biden is “absolutely” committed to keeping the 900 U.S. troops in Syria, and the U.S. “will always act decisively to protect our ...

A cash-strapped U.N. agency that suspended a Palestinian teacher in Lebanon for inciting terrorism on social media is now facing significan...

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Thursday gave Secretary of State Antony Blinken until Monday to produc...

During their talks at the Kremlin this week, President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart that Russia supports using China’s yuan ...

As Congress considers repealing a pair of Iraq war authorizations, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down an attempt by Sen. Rand Paul (R-...

Britain’s ministry of defense accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of deliberately spreading disinformation on Tuesday after he insinua...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a Chinese “peace plan” for Ukraine aligns in many respects with Russia’s views, and coul...

There is no need for China to overreact – or indeed to react at all – to a planned stopover in the United States of Taiwan’s president, Nat...

The Biden administration is doubling down on warnings that any China-instigated push for a ceasefire in Ukraine that freezes in place the ...

While Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were meeting in Moscow on Monday, their representatives at the U.N....

Declaring that Russia-China strategic cooperation is “standing on the brink of a new era,” Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to ho...

A day after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of war crimes, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Declassified video footage released by U.S. European Command shows an incident over the Black Sea on Tuesday, when a U.S. Air Force drone w...

With Republicans divided on the issue, the Senate voted on Thursday to advance legislation to repeal Iraq war authorizations put in place i...

 The World Health Organization must and will pursue investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak “until we have an answer,” a ...

 The U.S. military drone downed after a collision with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea probably broke into pieces and is likely ab...

Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov late Wednesday condemned Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for saying that the U.S. should warn R...

Russia is disputing the Pentagon’s account of how a large U.S. military drone was downed over the Black Sea on Tuesday, denying the U.S. a...

 Claims that a “pro-Ukrainian group” was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines last fall were “utter nonsense,” Rus...

The U.S., Britain, and Australia have unveiled a multi-decade plan designed to boost Western security in the Asia Pacific at a time of gro...

The United Nations on Wednesday marks the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia, but at an event at the U.N. General Assembly in t...

The Biden administration has cautiously welcomed a China-mediated agreement to restore ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, but House Intel...

China has appointed as its next defense minister a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) general sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for his role in bu...