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Trump has long refused to penalize Ankara for acquiring advanced Russian air defense systems, but Congress is forcing his hand.

Aid organizations fear that Israel is about to deport thousands of asylum-seekers to Sudan now that the two countries have made peace.

But the vote laid down a marker for the incoming Biden administration on Democrats’ opposition to Middle Eastern arms sales and U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen.

Some lawmakers and many national security experts are wary of another general atop the Pentagon, but Lloyd Austin has the president-elect’s ear—and backing.

Biden’s landing teams are steering clear of an administration that has often served as a COVID-19 superspreader event.

Lloyd Austin would be the first Black person to serve in the job.

A scientific study that was long kept under wraps by the State Department finally provides some—though not all—of the answers to mysterious health problems of American officials.

The New York congressman fended off a progressive challenge in an unusually public race.

The U.S. secretary of state plans massive holiday gatherings, while department catering and event staff mostly lack employer health insurance.

A bipartisan crackdown on Chinese forced labor has put Western corporations on notice—and could pave the way for Washington to finally support the International Criminal Court.

Nancy McEldowney is one of several former senior foreign service officers expected to join the senior ranks of the new U.S. administration.

The U.S. president-elect and his top advisors have made the fight against dirty money one of their early priorities.

Much of the donor money to Afghanistan is lost to fraud and abuse, in part by Western companies.

A State Department assessment warned the Syrian regime is worsening Lebanon’s economic collapse.

The battle between centrists and progressives over U.S. foreign policy that is dogging Biden’s transition is also playing out in a crucial committee.

While seasoned federal officials are being fired, Trump’s loyalists are coming back, threatening fresh tensions between the outgoing administration and Congress.

The Defense Department’s inspector general found that the United Arab Emirates is financing Russian Wagner Group mercenaries—just as Trump aims to sell the UAE billions of dollars worth of arms.

Though not alone in its destructive practices, Beijing’s rapacious fleet causes humanitarian disasters and has a unique military mission.

France is going to have a harder time selling “strategic autonomy” without the foil of the Trump administration to drive it.

But it’s unlikely the next U.S. administration will be able to fully embrace the International Criminal Court as the shadow of American prosecutions still lingers.

The U.S. president-elect laid out most of his national security team even as more Republicans abandoned Trump and his legal battles over the election results.

Biden’s foreign-policy team is weighing the merits of letting Zalmay Khalilzad keep his job or letting him go.

United Nations diplomats and civil servants fear peace efforts in Geneva may aid the spread of the coronavirus.

“It’s embarrassing for the United States,” a former senior intelligence officer who served under Trump said of the recent spate of firings.

Internecine tensions within the Democratic Party have been tamped down to defeat Trump—but that truce could be over Wednesday.

Both parties are flinging mud, and Asian Americans stand to suffer.

Chinese documents show that the U.S. commerce secretary did not successfully step down from all his corporate commitments.

Slovakia joins other Eastern European countries signing declarations with Washington aimed at keeping China out of critical infrastructure.

Michael Pack, the controversial head of U.S. government broadcasting, tries to blow up the firewalls that have protected Voice of America and other agencies from political interference.

Biden’s foreign-policy gatekeepers tell diplomats to hold their calls—until they’re in charge.

Both parties have rewarded donors with top diplomatic positions, but Trump has taken it to a new level.

The announcement could end Sudan’s three decades as an international pariah. But it comes at a cost.

For all the chaos, the Trump administration has notched some notable victories abroad. The question is whether they outweigh everything else Trump brought to Washington—and the world.

Mike Pompeo’s rush to placate Trump and release old emails from Hillary Clinton worries many in the State Department who fear both its illegality and interference in the election.