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Volodymyr Zelensky is walking a fine line as he seeks peace with Russia without being seen as ceding too much in return.

The new head of the IAEA was the United States’ preferred candidate. But, as global tensions rise, he quickly needs to prove his independence.

A Democratic lawmaker says the lack of transparency and record-keeping will keep the public in the dark.

As bad as tensions over NATO are, things could get even uglier over France’s new digital services tax.

Trump’s bullying prompted NATO Chief Stoltenberg to praise the U.S. president for his “leadership on defense spending,” and the alliance is bolstering itself against Russia.

Right-wing media has seized on the testimony of a Canadian businessman with a tangled history.

Georgians fear that billionaire leader Bidzina Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream party are tightening their grip on power.

“Why would you want to put the fox in charge of the henhouse?” says one American expert.

Spencer’s ouster followed months of tensions with the White House over cost overruns and other issues.

A new trove of State Department emails sheds fresh light on events surrounding the impeachment inquiry.

Despite the threat from China and other nations, Republicans still decry what they call “crony capitalism.”

With the ambassador’s headline-making testimony, the Ukraine impeachment inquiry shed unprecedented light on the difference between political appointees and career diplomats.

The secretary of state takes flak from both chambers on Capitol Hill as his nominee for deputy gets grilled as well.

The regime has survived uprisings in the past. But now it is starting to kill demonstrators in great numbers.

The U.S. Middle East peace plan may be in a coma. But that hasn’t stopped Washington from handing major diplomatic victories to Israel.

The move is part of the administration’s campaign to get U.S. allies to pay more for defense. South Korea is also being asked to pony up.

Republicans are defending him in the impeachment inquiry by saying he gave more military aid than his predecessor, but it came only after the reluctant president was convinced it would be good for U.S. business.

Recent reports reveal a pattern of political retaliation, some without consequences, in Trump’s State Department.

Despite partisan bickering over the first public impeachment hearing into Trump's behavior, foreign service officers lauded the performance of two of their own, William Taylor and George Kent.

Ahead of Erdogan’s visit to Washington, insiders are pessimistic that the Geneva talks will lead to a political solution for Syria.

Will the new U.S. diplomatic outpost in the Arctic get a warm welcome?

Trump’s aid cuts posed an existential threat to the U.N. agency charged with caring for millions of Palestinians. Now, the agency is grappling with its own management crisis.

If you’re deemed hostile to U.S. interests, you may face travel limitations, arbitrary visa denials, sudden airport checks, and other forms of harassment, diplomats say.

Career diplomats feel betrayed as the secretary of state stays silent on the Ukraine inquiry. But Pompeo remains a star in Republican circles as he eyes a possible Senate run.

Trump gives more ambassadorships to donors and fat cats than most presidents. A House bill seeks to stop that practice for all presidents going forward.

A decorated Army officer says the U.S. president acted improperly in demanding politically motivated investigations.

The vice president lays out a wide-ranging critique of China at a critical moment for trade talks. 

State Department officials find themselves without many defenders in a hyperpartisan fight.

The tentative agreement negotiated by the United States was seen as a major victory for Ankara.