World Sep 18 Five released Americans fly home after years of imprisonment in Iran It’s the end of an ordeal for five Americans held for years by the regime in Iran, who were freed after high-stakes negotiations and began their journey home Monday. Jared Genser, human rights attorney and pro-bono counsel for the family…
World Sep 15 Princeton student’s sister urges action months after suspected abduction by Iraqi militia Princeton graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been missing for six months. A dual Russian-Israeli citizen with family in the U.S., she was conducting research for her doctoral degree in Baghdad when she was believed to have been kidnapped by an…
World Sep 12 The challenges Ukraine faces as counteroffensive slowly regains territory from Russians Kim Jong Un's rare trip outside North Korea for an expected meeting with Vladimir Putin will focus on ammunition sales for Russia's war in Ukraine. Fighting remains fierce, especially in southern Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces are trying to recapture occupied…
Nation Sep 11 The significance of Biden’s trip to Vietnam in the face of China’s growing influence President Biden wrapped a whirlwind trip to Asia with visits to India and Vietnam. Both stops are seen as a further push by his administration to counter China’s influence in Asia and the wider developing world. In Hanoi, Biden announced…
World Sep 08 What Biden hopes to accomplish at G20 summit in India and visit to Vietnam Facing abysmal poll numbers at home, President Biden set off for a two-day gathering of the G20 in India. The meeting between leaders of the world’s largest economies comes at a time of increasing geopolitical divisions. For Biden, the trip…
World Sep 07 U.S. ambassador to United Nations discusses concerns over another genocide in Darfur More than 5 million people in Sudan have been displaced by a power struggle between the military and an offshoot paramilitary group. More than 200,000 from the Darfur region have fled into Chad, where the U.N. is sending humanitarian assistance.
World Sep 06 Lack of funding forces UN to cut food aid in Afghanistan as hunger rises to record levels The United Nations World Food Programme has announced a lack of funding is forcing it to stop feeding some of the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan. The organization is scaling back just as hunger is rising to record levels with…
World Sep 05 How normalized relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel could change the Middle East Israel and Saudi Arabia have never had diplomatic relations. But both countries’ leaders appear to want normalization, and the U.S. is actively negotiating its details. It would create a tectonic shift in the Middle East, but critics argue it could…
World Sep 04 Humanitarian crisis becomes more dire for Sudan 5 months into violent power struggle A report funded by the State Department paints a dire picture of the humanitarian situation in Darfur, in Western Sudan. Nearly five months ago, the Sudanese military and the insurgent Rapid Support Forces started fighting for power. Violence spilled into…
World Aug 31 U.S. Commerce Secretary discusses trip to China amid military and economic tensions This week, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo became the latest high-ranking U.S. official to visit China and engage with top Chinese leadership. She went during a time of security and trade tensions between the two global giants and China's ongoing economic…