Diplomacy & Crisis News

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has categorically dismissed the United Arab Emirates' claim that Iran launched a missile toward its territory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared two French diplomats working at the French Embassy in Tehran 'persona non grata.'

U.S. government actions undermined the Trump official’s Southeast Asian tour.

Congress must lead to compete with Beijing.

London vows to continue aiding Ukraine’s war effort.

Under Xi, the once-collective gathering has become something else.

Central Asia’s growing international agency needs to be matched by domestic institutions capable of implementing what governments negotiate abroad.

Despite administration promises, aid cuts are leaving Afghan mothers and children to die.

Simply lowering energy prices for U.S. consumers is “goal No. 1”

The debate over acquiring nuclear weapons continues in Seoul.

19 more companies have been ordered to close down, and more than 140 have been cut off by their state-owned banking partners. 

India is trying to establish a defensive shield against airborne objects, from drones to missiles.

The president’s son is wielding increased power with impunity.

Kim is in a stronger position today than he was during his summit diplomacy with Trump in 2018 and 2019. But that doesn't mean he has nothing to gain from a meeting.

A new wave of matchmaking influencers explicitly treats marriage as a business transaction – and they brutally judge clients’ prospects accordingly.

Washington’s new strategy is little more than a euphemism for unpredictability.

At the invitation of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, H.E. Mr Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited the Syrian Arab Republic on 17-18 August 2026 and held a meeting with H.E. Mr Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. The visit, which included the site at Deir Ez-Zor and a second location related to the nuclear material identified by Syria recently, marks the most significant advance to date in the cooperation between Syria and the Agency, towards resolving the outstanding safeguards issues arising from undeclared activities related to the former regime, under Syria's Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement.

US President Donald Trump has said there are no negotiations underway or scheduled with Iran, a day after his son-in-law Jared Kushner said contacts between Washington and Tehran remained robust.

A 14-count superseding (S2) indictment was unsealed today charging 17 members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that, since at least 2013, has conducted a coordinated campaign of cyber intrusions into computer systems for 144 U.S.-based universities, 178 foreign universities, at least 42 U.S.-based private sector companies, at least 11 foreign private sector companies, at least five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and at least two non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

The U.S. Army announced today an agreement with Hanwha Defense USA, Arlington, Virginia, for the development of prototypes for the Mobile Tactical Cannon program, a critical priority in the Army's ongoing continuous transformation and long-range fires modernization efforts.