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U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday said they would pursue diplomacy with North Korea to try to reduce tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs. "We both are deeply concerned...
U.S. President Joe Biden cited his administration's "quiet, relentless diplomacy" in helping to broker a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports on...
Congressional lawmakers raised concerns with Washington's special envoy to Afghanistan in hearings this week about the future of the war-torn country with a resurgent Taliban and U.S. troops withdrawn. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) noted the Taliban's...
Climate change and cooperation among Arctic states are among the topics of discussion Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland, as the Arctic Council holds a ministerial meeting. “We value our strong international cooperation through the Council to address...
Lawmakers are urging for accelerated action from the State Department, Department of Defense, and White House in granting special immigration visas for Afghans who supported U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The request comes ahead of...
With Europe divided and the United States wary of antagonising Israel, world powers have failed to rein in the Gaza conflict, in a new sign of the international community's inability to put any Middle East peace process on track, analysts say. World powers are...
"The whole point is to see how we can go beyond a ceasefire." USIP's Ambassador Hesham Youssef says that Israel and Gaza need not only a ceasefire, but long-term sustainable change.
Of the many cold-war disputes currently straining Biden administration relations with Russia, one is melting. Literally. Melting ice in the Arctic because of intense climate change has allowed Russia to push its military apparatus, complete with...
U.S. and U.N. envoys to Uzbekistan have praised the country's repatriation of Islamic State wives and children in the Middle East, saying other nations should follow suit as a part of a global effort to reduce the risk of IS reemergence in...
After days of declining to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden reversed course. Whether it makes a difference on the battlefield is another matter. Biden’s decision to show “support for a cease-fire” in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...