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Democrats in Congress signaled they were uneasy with the move and are demanding answers from the White House.

A long-awaited intelligence report comes as Biden reassesses the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia.

A 2-century-old Indian Chinese community is threatened by tensions between the two countries.

A U.S. judge awards $2.3 billion to the crew of the spy ship seized by North Korea and their families.

Bill Burns, a veteran diplomat, will helm the spy agency in an era of renewed great-power competition.

The educated middle classes that were meant to be the foundation of a new Afghanistan are tired of terror, insecurity, and the return of the Taliban.

The proposed move has sparked internal debates over the future of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.

A police raid on the opposition headquarters is a watershed moment for the region’s only democracy.

Torn between mending ties with Germany or Republicans in Congress, the Biden administration takes a softer line on Nord Stream 2 than some lawmakers expected.

With millions stranded in camps with limited access to shots, there’s a big problem looming in the world’s quest to quash COVID-19.

The enhanced security measures in the U.S. capital have triggered a debate over openness, security, and democracy. But the country’s democracy isn’t dead yet.

The new administration is looking for an interim road map—but insists it won’t be pressured by Tehran’s deadline to halt inspections next week.

No, Yulia Navalnaya’s purported political career seems to be another Kremlin misinformation op.

The post, if created, would bring more diplomatic firepower to the brewing crisis in Ethiopia as members of Biden’s cabinet and other senior State Department nominees await confirmation.

As states struggle, organized crime is rising to new prominence.

The brutal Algerian War killed hundreds of thousands of people—and deeply marks French politics and society to this day.

The administration is moving quickly to reassert U.S. leadership but needs Beijing’s support for major initiatives.

The State Department sides with President Jovenel Moïse on when his term should end.

Timothy Lenderking will also meet with U.N. officials in the region.

While a conviction seems unlikely, Democratic lawmakers seek accountability for the former president’s instigation of the mob that stormed the Capitol.

In China, workers go first. At a Moscow clinic, every time slot is available. And some New Zealanders think they could do without. A regular check-in on the state of the world’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Brian Nichols, currently the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe, has experience throughout Latin America.

The listing of the far-right organization raises serious civil liberties questions.

Robert Malley, who has faced sharp criticisms from Republican lawmakers, will be tasked with trying to get Iran back to the negotiating table on its nuclear program.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield is staffing her New York and Washington offices with a range of career and political foreign-policy hands with extensive experience in U.N. affairs. 

From climate change to China to ending the forever wars, here are 10 of the biggest challenges facing the Biden foreign-policy team as it takes office.

The Trump administration’s final parting shot at Beijing poses a diplomatic challenge for Biden on his first day in office.

But congressional sources say it’s highly unlikely lawmakers will cut billions of dollars of already appropriated funding.

The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its post-Trump future.

On Taiwan, Yemen, and Cuba, the Trump administration is laying political land mines for Biden on its way out the door.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, who took the gavel this week, also urged the State Department to reverse its decision to close the last two U.S. consulates in Russia.

Five articles from the past year that explain how the quagmire in Yemen sparked fierce political battles in Washington as millions teeter on the brink of starvation.

Threats, violence, and clampdowns have failed. Can decriminalization work?

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.