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A jumbotron shown from below has newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden on screen.
US-China relations
China hopes for cooperation, better relations under Biden
A polar bear is shown in the distance standing on a piece of ice among a large grouping of flat floating ice pieces.
How the Trump administration’s climate denial left its mark on the Arctic Council
The busy streets of the Shinjuku shopping district in Tokyo adorned with signs for stores and restaurants lining either side while a live broadcast shown on a large public television monitor of President-elect Joe Biden.
Foreign policy
Trump aims to box in Biden abroad, but it may not work
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk are shown walking on a airport tarmac with the Marine One helicopter behind them.
COVID-19
Trump, first lady positive for virus; he has ‘mild symptoms’
A large, beige building
Foreign policy
US Embassy closure in Iraq would hand Tehran a ‘strategic victory,’ says former Iraqi amb to UN
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are shown both wearing dark blazers and bumping elbows.
Global Politics
Pompeo voices support for talks between Greece, Turkey
US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad is shown wearing a tan suit and a purple tie while speaking into a small microphone.
US-China relations
US ambassador to China to step down next month
A white woman holds up a drawing of a plant next to a Chinese woman sitting at a table together
US-China relations
Confucius Institutes push back against Pompeo’s assertion they should close
Two women are shown wearing jeans and face masks while walking past the ByteDance headquarters with large English and Chinese writing on the side.
US-China relations
Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat
Several security personnel are shown standing in the street and wearing reflective vests next to police motorcycles.
Top of The World
China orders US to close its Chengdu consulate; Turkey purging the Gülenists; Mexico City’s public square storytelling
The rear of a red fire truck is shown with lights on outside of a building with trees in the background.
Global Politics
US orders China to close its consulate in Houston
A row of brick shelters are shown amidst a sandy desert location with three people walking in the distance.
Top of The World
Court rules Shamima Begum can return to Britain for appeal; Russian hackers accused of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research; Privacy Shield ruled invalid
A man is shown looking down at this phone and wearing a face mask with a Huawei store in the background.
Top of The World
Britain bans Huawei from 5G network; US rejects China’s claims in most of the South China Sea; Judge to hear university case over ICE decision
John Bolton is shown speaking in distance with US President Donald Trump in the nearground in soft focus.
Top of The World
Bolton’s book accuses Trump of widespread misdeeds; Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA; Germany closes meat processing plant after coronavirus outbreak
Former US national security advisor John Bolton is shown wearing a stripped suit and red tie and adjusting his glasses.
Trump administration
Trump asked China to help him win in 2020, offered ‘favors to dictators,’ Bolton says
A close up photograph of Paul Whelan who is wearing glasses and is behind white metal bars.
Justice
Russia jails ex-US marine Paul Whelan for 16 years on spying charges
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about a Trump administration executive order on the International Criminal Court as Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens during a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, June 11, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Trump escalates attacks on International Criminal Court over Afghanistan investigation
US President Donald Trump is shown standing at a podium with his arms outstretched and rows of US soldiers wearing fatigues standing behind him.
Military
Trump authorizes sanctions over ICC Afghanistan war crimes case
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang are shown sitting in red chairs and pressing buttons in front of them to cast their vote.
Hong Kong politics
China parliament advances Hong Kong security law as tensions with US rise
Two people are shown from behind looking at a newspaper featuring a photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga.
Top of The World
Rwandan genocide suspect found after decades; The dangers of ‘vaccine nationalism’; Probe launched after Trump ousts State Dept. watchdog
Palestinian residents of the village of Fasayil in the Jordan Valley sit together for an afternoon tea break.
Global Politics
Israeli plans for annexation weigh heavily on Jordan Valley residents
Mike Pompeo in a suit and face mask in front of a plane and the US and Israeli flags
Top of The World
Pompeo visits Israel; Europe wants a summer travel season; Lebanon counters second virus wave
A man in a suit speaks from a podium with the US flag
Foreign policy
US-China relationship headed toward ‘permanent lasting rupture,’ analyst says
A man wearing a protective face mask and gloves, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), jumps rope at Valiasr street in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2020.
COVID-19
Should sanctions against Iran be lifted in the wake of COVID-19?
A patient is shown wearing a mask with breathing tubes connected while a medical professional stands adjacent.
Top of The World
US could be next epicenter, WHO says; ICC says Pompeo threatened staff; What can COVID-19 teach us about the global climate crisis?
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is shown walking amongst a group of people and wearing a green dress and khaki jacket while speaking on the phone.
Top of The World
Coronavirus highlights need for rescue packages; Devastating measles epidemic overshadowed by COVID-19; US launches strikes against Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, March 5, 2020.
Activists sue Pompeo over commission they say could undermine human rights
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a podium
Global Politics
At Munich Security Conference, is the West ‘winning’ or growing evermore ‘Westless’?
A destroyed cement building is shown with rubble all over.
Conflict
Top Iraq militia chief threatens response to US air strikes
Children play with a wheelbarrow.
Politics
Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador
US President Donald Trump stands amid microphones outside
Trump impeachment
How Trump was impeached: A timeline
Nancy Pelosi in blue in front of American flags
Trump impeachment
Key moments in the impeachment inquiry
UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen
Conflict & Justice
UN envoy to US: ‘We need to keep Yemen out of a potential regional conflict’
Several men in dark suits stand as others sit
Politics
Things That Go Boom: Is America’s foreign policy for sale?
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with National Security Adviser John Bolton looking on in the Oval Office at the White House
Foreign policy
Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump’s Iran plan is ‘blind escalation with no endgame’
A man looks seriously through a crowd of soldiers in fatigues
Foreign policy
Without proper intel vetting, could the US be headed toward ‘rushed war’ in the Middle East?
protesters carry blue and red signs saying 'defend our sovereignty'
Global Politics
Philippines security at risk over escalating tensions between US and China in South China Sea
Women with green bandanas protest in a crowd
Health & Medicine
Abortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands on a stage surrounded by others
As Ukraine’s presidential election approaches, the Kremlin is all the more comfortable in Crimea
US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un look on while White House national security adviser John Bolton reacts during the extended bilateral meeting in the Metropole Hotel alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, North Korean Fo
Where’s the ‘swagger’ at the US State Department?
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are shown atop eight-wheeled camoflaged trucks being driven down a street.
Global Politics
North Korea rebuilds part of missile site as Bolton warns of more sanctions
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are shown sitting next two each other with US and North Korean flags behind them.
Global Politics
Trump scraps North Korea summit deal
Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum who left the UK to join ISIS, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for Shemima to return home
When an American flees to join ISIS, should they be allowed to come home?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stands in front of several flags while speaking into several media microphones
What does Hungary’s crackdown on free media mean for the rest of the world?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh arrive for a photo opportunity before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 9, 2018.
Trump and Kim will meet again, but why in Vietnam?
North Korean officials are shown walking from a white van with luggage at the international airport in Beijing, China.
Global Politics
US, North Korea to hold talks on second Trump-Kim summit
President Donald Trump stands and speaks at a podium
Trump reveals missile defense strategy with eye on North Korea
A masked Syria fighter stands in front of an American tank and some troops.
Global Politics
When the US pulls out of Syria, what happens to ISIS?
US President Donald Trump is shown walking on a grassy lawn with a dark overcoat on.
Global Politics
Trump threatens Turkey with economic devastation if it attacks Syrian Kurd militia
Kurdish fighters driving Toyota SUVs with green and yellow flags on top are shown driving in head of US military MRAP vehicles.
US-led coalition says it has started Syria withdrawal
A man is shown waving to a large MRAP US military vehicle with a dust cloud coming up from the truck.
US says there’s no timeline for Syria withdrawal as fighting continues
US President Donald Trump is shown out of focus in the near ground with Russia's President Vladimir Putin seen in focus in the background.
Putin says Russia will make banned missiles if US exits arms treaty
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to a crowd
Global Politics
No honeymoon period for Mexico’s incoming president
Ukrainian politician Oleh Lyashko is shown with several people behind standing at a podium pointing his finger during a parliament session.
Global Politics
Ukraine introduces martial law citing threat of Russian invasion
Turkish forensic officials arrive clad in white uniforms and a white van to the residence of Saudi Arabia's Consul General Mohammad al-Otaibi in Istanbul, Turkey.
Conflict & Justice
Trump reluctant to abandon Riyadh over missing journalist, wants evidence
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen walking up the staircase leading to his plane emblazoned with the Secretary of State logo.
Conflict & Justice
Pompeo meets Erdoğan after talks with Saudis on missing journalist
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is shown walking with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on the tarmac after arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,.
Conflict & Justice
Pompeo meets Saudi king on Khashoggi case, Turks study ‘toxic materials’
Four men wearing suits stand abreast holding posters of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's picture.
Conflict & Justice
Turkey tells Saudis to prove missing journalist left consulate, US urges Saudis to support inquiry
John Kerry stands behind the mic in The World studio
John Kerry: ‘It is a dangerous time’
A street filled with cars in the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria, shown from above on June 8, 2017.
Conflict & Justice
Trump warns Syria not to ‘recklessly attack’ Idlib province