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international intrigue
Sept. 23, 2019
France Is Rallying to Save Its Cherished, Endangered Cafés President Emmanuel Macron will launch a $165 million effort of help struggling small-town bistros.
By Nikita Richardson
international intrigue
Mar. 31, 2019
Bezos Security Chief Says Saudis Gained Access to Amazon Founder’s Phone, Data Gavin de Becker says his team thinks the Saudis got into Bezos’s phone, and suggests that may be how AMI became aware of the Amazon CEO’s affair.
By Chas Danner
international intrigue
Mar. 4, 2019
Report: Khashoggi’s Body Incinerated in Oven at Saudi Envoy’s Home Once believed to have been dissolved in acid, the body of the Saudi dissident is now thought to have been burned.
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Feb. 25, 2019
Venezuela’s Opposition Pushes for Military Force to Topple Maduro Opposition leader Juan Guaidó met with Mike Pence Monday after a violent weekend in Venezuela.
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Feb. 21, 2019
Maduro and Venezuela’s Opposition Prepare for Dramatic Confrontation Tensions are rising ahead of a Saturday deadline to let humanitarian aid into the country.
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Oct. 7, 2018
Missing Interpol President Was Quietly Detained by China It took China three days to acknowledge that Meng Hongwei was not even missing, and Interpol now says he has resigned.
By Chas Danner
international intrigue
Sept. 13, 2018
Accused Russian Hit Men: We Were in Salisbury for Sightseeing, Not Poisoning “Our friends had been suggesting for a long time that we visit this wonderful town.”
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Sept. 6, 2018
Kim Declares His ‘Faith’ in Trump, Who Offers an Enthusiastic Thanks North Korean denuclearization seems stalled, but at least these two are getting along.
By Adam K. Raymond
Former Russian Spy Poisoned With Nerve Agent, British Police Confirm No one knows who did it, but everyone has a pretty good hunch who ordered it.
By Adam K. Raymond
Mike Pence Avoids Kim Jong-un’s Sister at Olympic Opening Ceremonies The VP also refused to stand when the united Korea team entered Olympic Stadium.
By Adam K. Raymond
A Train Station Near One of Israel’s Holiest Sites to Be Named for Trump It’s to honor Trump for his “courageous and historic decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.”
By Adam K. Raymond
Nikki Haley Says Iran Is Violating U.N. Rules and These Missile Parts Prove It The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations held a press conference with “indisputable” proof of Iran’s violations.
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Aug. 24, 2017
By Claire Landsbaum
North Korea Mocks Trump’s ‘Weird’ Tweets A state-run news agency called Trump a “mad man” who “spouts rubbish.”
By Adam K. Raymond
U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Russian Individuals and Firms With North Korea Ties A total of 16 companies and people have been targeted in the U.S.’s latest move to squeeze Pyongyang.
By Jen Kirby
domestic violence
Aug. 14, 2017
By Claire Landsbaum
women abroad
Aug. 10, 2017
Nepal Criminalizes Custom of Banishing Women During Their Periods In the past year, two teenage girls have died because of the custom.
By Claire Landsbaum
The Taliban Launched a Lifestyle Magazine to Recruit Women It includes an editorial urging women to hold “gatherings” with “like-minded sisters.”
By Claire Landsbaum
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Scoffs at ‘Emperor’ Trump’s Sanctions The leader is defiant over his controversial vote as two opposition leaders are reportedly arrested.
By Jen Kirby
Melania Trump Is Causing a Tourism Boom in Slovenia The number of American visitors is up 15 percent since her husband took office.
By Claire Landsbaum
U.S. Sanctions Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro After Controversial Vote The U.S. has frozen the leader’s assets, but stopped short of undertaking broader economic sanctions.
By Jen Kirby
U.S. to Ban Travel to North Korea As Hawaii Begins to Prepare for the Worst U.S. passports used to travel to North Korea will soon be invalidated by the government.
By Adam K. Raymond
Saudi Woman Arrested for Wearing a Miniskirt in Public Released Without Charge Police in Saudi Arabia have released Model Khulood, who was arrested for wearing “immodest clothes.”
By Claire Landsbaum
Woman Wanted by Saudi Police for Posting Snapchat of Herself in a Miniskirt The country’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is looking for her.
By Claire Landsbaum
What Is the United States Doing in Syria These Days? A shooting down of an Assad-regime jet raises some questions, such as, are we about to go to war with Russia? How about Iran?
By Jen Kirby
Qatar Gets Slammed With List of Demands to Meet If It Wants Blockade to End The Saudi-led coalition wants the tiny Gulf state to cut off ties with Iran and close Al Jazeera, ultimatums Qatar isn’t likely to meet.
By Jen Kirby
Saudi Arabia Shakes Up Its Line of Succession King Salman has made his ambitious and hawkish 31-year-old son next in line to the Saudi throne.
By Jen Kirby
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Is Leaving Her Post During Gulf Diplomatic Crisis The career Foreign Service officer is finishing her tour. But the timing couldn’t be worse as the region remains engulfed in crisis.
By Jen Kirby
Women’s Rights Activist Detained in Saudi Arabia Loujain al-Hathloul had been taken into custody in 2014 for protesting the country’s driving ban, but it’s not clear what’s behind her recent arrest.
By Jen Kirby
international intrigue
June 5, 2017
At Least 5 Arab Nations Cut Diplomatic Ties With Qatar Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, and Yemen stopped air and sea travel to and from Qatar, accusing the nation of supporting terrorism.
By Margaret Hartmann
As U.S. Frets Over Nuclear Test, North Korea Hosts Volleyball Games at Test Site Meanwhile, Mike Pence says the U.S. will “meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective American response.”
By Adam K. Raymond
international intrigue
Mar. 23, 2017
Vladimir Putin Has Already Won Comey’s hearing proved how hyperpartisanship is making it easy to damage American democracy.
By Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
international intrigue
Mar. 21, 2017
House Intelligence Committee Is ‘Confused,’ Says Kremlin “They are trying to find confirmation of their own conclusions but are going ‘round in circles.”
By Jen Kirby
First State Department Press Briefing of Trump Administration Canceled After six weeks of silence, they were supposed to resume Monday. They didn’t.
By Jen Kirby
Kim Jong-un Has 5 Security Officials Executed With Anti-Aircraft Guns The North Korean leader has made a habit out of killing those who annoy him.
By Adam K. Raymond
Malaysia Can’t Say for Sure If Kim Jong-un’s Half-Brother Was Poisoned Authorities are awaiting lab results while North Korea accuses Malaysia of “mangling” the autopsy.
By Jen Kirby
Secretary Tillerson Has Some Odd Accommodations on His First Official Trip He confirmed his attendance late to a G20 session, so he’s staying at a health clinic miles from his counterparts.
By Jen Kirby
international intrigue
Feb. 15, 2017
By Jen Kirby
international intrigue
Feb. 15, 2017
Will the French Presidential Race Be a Replay of the U.S. Election? Marine Le Pen is in the lead, but the French system makes it harder for a Trump-like figure to take the presidency.
By Jonah Shepp
Trump Backs Down, Agrees to Uphold ‘One China’ Policy Trump had suggested he’d use the policy as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
By Margaret Hartmann
U.S. Is Trying to Repair Relations With Mexico by Mostly Leaving Trump Out of It Secretary of State Tillerson met with his Mexican counterpart in Washington, and is headed to Mexico City in the coming weeks.
By Jen Kirby
U.S. and Russia Didn’t Cooperate in Syria to Fight ISIS — But That May Change The Pentagon denied the Russian Defense Ministry’s announcement that the two had conducted a joint combat mission.
By Jen Kirby
international intrigue
Jan. 17, 2017
Putin Defends Trump, Extols Russia’s Sex Workers As ‘Best in the World’ “I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world.”
By Jen Kirby
international intrigue
Jan. 15, 2017
Trump Open to Lifting Sanctions on Russia, But Scrutiny Intensifies Trump officials are also denying a report that the president-elect’s first foreign trip will be to meet with Putin.
By Chas Danner
White House Ends Decades-Old ‘Wet Foot, Dry Foot’ Immigration Policy for Cubans It granted residency status to Cubans once they reached U.S. soil, and was a sticking point with the Cuban government.
By Jen Kirby
International Intrigue Near Long Island’s Gold Coast Is the loss of prime real estate the biggest punishment for Russian election meddling?
By Jen Kirby
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