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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.
Global Politics
No contradiction in supporting protesters while pursuing nuclear deal with Iran, US special envoy says
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to a group of Bahraini businesspeople during an official visit to Manama, Bahrain
Global Politics
What’s at stake for Israel and Gulf Arab countries in light of the Abraham Accords?
In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba. 
Conflict
Havana syndrome is ‘an act of war and we have to stop it’ former CIA agent says
Six people wearing medical masks stand and shout slogans.
Top of The World
Mass arrests of opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong; Sudan and US sign historic ‘Abraham Accords’; All eyes on Georgia Senate runoffs
The bust of French statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, is seen while environmental activists launch a hot air balloon during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 10, 2020.
Climate Change
5 years into Paris agreement, net-zero pledges are boosting optimism
Three women wearing masks shop at a busy market with overflowing plastic packages of nuts
Foreign policy
In Iran, all eyes are on US election’s impact on sanctions, security
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
Man stands in 7-Eleven in work vest
Protest
South Korea’s ‘No Japan’ boycott is new. But the wounds are old.
Men and women sit around a negotiating table with flags in the background.
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog
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?
Richard Holbrooke sits in a small military vehicle holding a bottle.
Politics
In ‘Our Man,’ diplomat Richard Holbrooke is both an egotist and idealist
Two diplomats stand in front of a sign that reads ban nuclear weapons
Global Politics
Can the Ban Treaty eliminate the threat of nuclear war? The clock is ticking down
Russian missiles on display.
Conflict
US suspends weapons treaty compliance with Russia
George W. Bush holds a loud speaker in his hand.
Global Politics
The US is currently in 31 other national emergencies. Here’s what that means.
Two leaders sit at a desk signing a document.
How Trump’s exit from a Cold War-era treaty could trigger a 3-way arms race
A poppy farmer stands in front of a poppy plant and talks with a mic in his hand.
Conflict & Justice
Could decriminalization of Mexico’s poppy farms reduce drug-cartel violence?
South Korean soldiers stand guard as construction equipment destroys a guard post in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon, Nov. 15, 2018. 
US Diplomacy
Should the US lift sanctions against North Korea already?
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Media
Crucial video evidence of war crimes is being deleted. How can it be saved?
Members of environmental groups hold up banners calling for renewable energy at the United Nations climate talks that took place in Bonn, Germany in 2015. Bonn was the site of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2017, in which co
Climate Change
As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do
A man holds two fingers up on each hand as he exits an airplane. On the left is Donald Trump. Melania Trump is on the right.
Justice
End of Iran nuclear deal cuts major diplomatic channel for Americans imprisoned in Iran
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman walks from a black car toward Lambeth Palace, London.
Conflict
Remarks raise prospect of nuclear arms race in the Middle East
The Eiffel tower is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done
Environment
With Nicaragua’s signature, US and Syria are the last holdouts from the Paris climate agreement
US Marines raise the American flag at half-staff at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 2, 2017.
Conflict
US expels Cuban diplomats in the latest threat to US-Cuban relations
The Earth Charter: Struggling for Common Ground
France and the Arab World