カテゴリー: US foreign policy
Presidential challengers Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah agree to share powerAfghanistan’s months-long dispute over who won last year’s presidential election has ended after the incumbent, Ashraf Ghani, and his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, ag…
Secretary of state does not provide any evidence to back claimTrump aide unclear on whether claim is virus was man-made Coronavirus US: latest newsCoronavirus outbreak: full coverageSecretary of state Mike Pompeo claimed on Sunday there is “enormous ev…
30 April 1970: The American Command in Vietnam confirms that it provided military support for “counter attacks against North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces”Saigon, April 29 South Vietnam admitted for the first time tonight that its troops have crossed …
Commission says religious minorities face ‘increasing assault’ under Narendra Modi but state department unlikely to take actionA US government panel has called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a “drastic” downturn under the pri…
Video meeting seen as global endorsement of WHO and sign of Trump’s isolation on world stageCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGlobal leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine and to share research…
More than 232,000 could have been infected in first wave, compared with then-official total of 55,000, as US envoy calls for rethink of US-China relationshipCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 232,000 people may have b…
US lawmakers accuse Beijing of under-reporting scale of outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesDonald Trump has said China’s reported death toll and infections from the coronavirus seem “a little bit on the light side”, as US lawmakers and reportedly memb…
Covid-19 has intensified the rivalry between the US and China – but it has also strengthened international co-operation. Will nations be more united or divided, more – or less – free?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe globa…
Marine Gen Frank McKenzie gave evidence to Congress on Tuesday, hours after US forces began pulling out of AfghanistanThe US commander for the Middle East and Afghanistan has said the Taliban are not keeping “their part of the bargain” from the deal si…
Motorcycle with bomb explodes during football matchTaliban’s week-long ‘reduction of violence’ expired on SaturdayThree people have been killed and 11 injured in a motorcycle bomb attack at a football match in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban announ…
Deal could result in American troops leaving Afghanistan within 14 monthsThe US and the Taliban have signed a landmark peace agreement after nearly 20 years of war that could result in American troops leaving Afghanistan within 14 months.The deal also …
Shavendra Silva blacklisted for ‘gross human rights violations’Up to 70,000 Tamils killed during final stages of civil warThe US has imposed sanctions on Sri Lanka’s chief of army staff, Lt Gen Shavendra Silva, for war crimes committed at final stages…
Taliban officials have reportedly offered a seven-day ‘reduction of violence’ but Afghanistan experts question long-term significanceThe US and Taliban are close to agreeing to a partial week-long ceasefire in Afghanistan intended to be a precursor to …
President disapproves of alliance and made decision after ally’s visa was rescindedRodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has given formal notice to the US of his decision to scrap a bilateral agreement covering visiting American troops, fo…
Warplanes dropped 7,423 bombs and other munitions, the most since Pentagon began keeping track in 2006The US dropped more bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 than any other year since the Pentagon began keeping a tally in 2006, reflecting an apparent effort t…