Category: 2. World

Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the 2025 recipient of the AFSA Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy

Hours before US helicopters landed at the compound of Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela said he had enjoyed a “pleasant evening” with Chinese diplomats. 

In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy for Latin America,…

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The United Arab Emirates has become the largest state investor in Africa. It’s spending billions of dollars across the continent; building ports, power plants and renewable energy projects.

We look at why Emirati…

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct:

Section 1.  Purpose.  (a)  On February 4,…

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Donald Trump is set to ask US lawmakers for $1.5tn in defence spending, an increase of more than 50 per cent on…

ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Fighting escalated in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday after tens of thousands of residents fled two predominantly ethnic Kurdish neighborhoods when the military ordered civilians to…