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The U.S. says its approach to North Korea will be "calibrated" and "practical." The administration recently wrapped up a review of its North Korea policy. NPR's Michele Kelemen has the story.
Russia says it is withdrawing its troops from an area near the Ukrainian border following weeks of heightened tensions. Later this week, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel to Ukraine to reaffirm the relationship between the two countries. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins CBSN to discuss why Ukraine...
Belquis Ahmadi, senior program officer with the United States Institute of Peace’s Afghanistan team, joins Julie Mason to talk her latest piece in the USIP “Democracy Is the Afghan Government’s Best Defense Against the Taliban”.
The US President has vowed to find his own approach to dealing with the threat of North Korea, aiming to reach a mild ground between Donald Trump's personal friendship with Kim Jong Un and Barack Obama's patience. Joe Biden's administration has recently...
Amin Agha worked as a manual laborer for eight years at Bagram Airfield, the U.S. military's largest base in Afghanistan. But as the United States begins its final troop withdrawal from the country, Agha is among hundreds of Afghans who have recently...
The Biden administration has finally announced its North Korea policy after having completed a three-month long policy review. And the policy it has decided on is a bit of a surprise. That’s because its stated end goal is apparently the same as...
A battle is unfolding between U.S. and Chinese tech firms over who will control what millions of people in Africa can see, hear, read and say. Today, most African mobile subscribers use Google’s Android operating system on Chinese-brand smartphones — an arrangement that gives...
The United States' decision to start withdrawing its remaining forces from Afghanistan on Saturday to end Washington's longest-running war has some officials warning of a possible ripple effect that could see the entire region, not just Afghanistan...
Anxiety has gripped the Sahel region as the stalwart French ally in the fight against jihadist insurgencies in the area, Chad President Idriss Déby Itno was buried in the country’s capital, N’Djamena, on April 23. President Déby died on April 20 of wounds he sustained while...
Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince says his country and the United States are partners, despite minor policy differences. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — or MBS, as he is known — presented his vision of Saudi foreign policy in a landmark...