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Thu, 05/03/2020 - 10:28
The EU refused to prepare for a predictable rekindling of the migration crisis—and is now responding with deadly force.
Thu, 05/03/2020 - 00:08
The appointment of White House aide Sean Doocey could douse hopes of change for a battered and bruised State Department bureau.
Wed, 04/03/2020 - 23:19
Airstrikes against Taliban forces threaten to undermine a pact that may be already coming apart.
Sat, 01/02/2020 - 13:00
Wuhan virus continues to spread, Trump's Middle East peace plan is unveiled, and calls for Scottish independence grow.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 21:43
Report cites “serious concerns that basic fair trial standards were not respected.”
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 20:58
Wild claims of Chinese plots are spreading fast on social media.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 20:39
Arab states might accept Trump’s one-sided initiative, but an increasingly vocal new generation of Palestinians won’t allow regional leaders to sign away their right to a sovereign homeland.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 20:38
Republicans successfully fight off a call for witnesses, but a final vote to acquit will come after next week’s State of the Union.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 19:28
The United States should get serious about ending slavery once and for all.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 19:19
A transcript of Ursula von der Leyen’s remarks on Brexit
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 19:18
Local authorities are taking a bigger hit than the central government.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 18:59
Nationalists and unionists are in a battle for cultural supremacy, complicating the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 17:49
Memo urges secretary of state to cut through confusion created by impeachment testimony.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 17:07
As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic.
Fri, 31/01/2020 - 16:46
London’s justification for cooperating with the Chinese telecommunications company is riddled with obvious contradictions.
Thu, 30/01/2020 - 23:30
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union with little fanfare at midnight Brussels time today.
Thu, 30/01/2020 - 23:10
Boris Johnson breaks with Trump, opening Britain’s doors to a Chinese telecommunications giant that Washington fears is an espionage threat.
Thu, 30/01/2020 - 22:07
Sensitive U.S. technology feared vulnerable to Iranian-backed militias after contractors evacuate Balad air base.
Thu, 30/01/2020 - 21:39
The United States needs better insurance against attacks—whether by Mother Nature or human actors.
Thu, 30/01/2020 - 21:33
In trying to bring Belarus and Russia together, Lukashenko may have awakened his country’s citizens to how independent they really want to be.
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