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US president was meeting with Japanese PM when he said: ‘Who knows better about surprise than Japan?’Middle East crisis – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxIt would be funny if it wasn’t so Trumpy….
US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warThe ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in VenezuelaThe US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuel…
After a hellish month, the president wants to focus on domestic matters – but Republicans won’t let Afghanistan drop from the radarOnce again Joe Biden found himself talking about nation-building, the fragility of democracy and the threat that religiou…
A rapid Taliban takeover, a chaotic evacuation and a deadly terror attack have shaken confidence in the commander-in-chief and US leadershipJoe Biden bowed his head at the lectern, as if the weight of the world were on his shoulders. In his breast pock…
Joe Biden left with no good options after deadliest day for US troops in Afghanistan in more than a decadeThe tempting comparison between the withdrawals of US forces from Kabul in 2021 and Saigon in 1975 has offered diminishing returns over the past 1…
Biden addresses nation on darkest day of his presidencyUS forces alert for further attacks as evacuations accelerateAfghanistan – latest updatesJoe Biden has warned the masterminds of a double suicide-bomb attack in Kabul that killed 13 US troops and 7…
US president acknowledges that completing airlift by 31 August depends on Taliban continuing to cooperate Joe Biden has rejected the pleas of domestic and international allies to keep troops in Afghanistan for evacuation efforts beyond the end of the m…
President urged to extend deadline for full US troop withdrawalVirus cases rise but FDA issues full approval for Pfizer vaccine Joe Biden faced mounting pressure at home and abroad on Monday as he raced against time to deal with evacuations from Afghan…
Two decades of gains in rights and liberties for the women of Afghanistan hang by a thread as many go into hidingAmerica first, again: Is Biden echoing Trump on Afghanistan?The embassy of Afghanistan occupies a handsome redbrick mansion in a serene and…
Embattled president promises: ‘We will get you home’Biden endeavors to evacuate Afghans who supported USJoe Biden, under mounting pressure to evacuate American citizens from Afghanistan, has said the US is considering “every means” to get people to Kab…
President shifts blame to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the TalibanUS politics – live coverageA defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to pull US forces rapidly out …
The president has been condemned by Republicans as the Taliban advance – but the roots of the crisis date back yearsThe words of political leaders can come back to haunt them. “None whatsoever, zero,” Joe Biden said last month when asked if he saw any …
Seventy-five years after the US president’s decision opened the nuclear age, Clifton Daniel is still grappling with his legacyTo many Americans, he was the commander-in-chief who had the mettle to end the second world war quickly and save countless liv…