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U.S. Accuses Russian Intelligence of Poisoning Navalny

The Biden Administration declassified an intelligence finding on Tuesday that Russia’s F.S.B., one of its leading intelligence agencies, orchestrated the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny, and announced its first sanctions against the Russian government for the attack and the imprisonment of the opposition politician. The sanctions closely mirrored a series of actions that European nations […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 2, 2021, 9:15 am
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in Afghanistan War (2001- ), Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Biden, China, Jamal, Joseph R III, Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman (1985- ), United States Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, War and Armed Conflicts

Where Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Taking the U.S.

One day before the administration announced its decision on Saudi Arabia, Biden gave the first major indication of his presidency that he would be willing to use military force in the Middle East if he considered it justified. He ordered retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed fighters in Syria, showing his willingness to maintain a tit-for-tat military […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 1, 2021, 6:47 pm
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After El Salvador Election, Bukele Is on Verge of Near-Total Control

MEXICO CITY — El Salvador’s populist president was poised on Monday to claim a resounding victory in the country’s legislative elections, dealing a crushing blow to establishment parties and granting the young leader, who has been accused of authoritarian tendencies, a powerful new mandate. When President Nayib Bukele, 39, swept to power in 2019, he […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 1, 2021, 6:13 pm
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Biden to Discuss Border and Other Issues With Mexican President

WASHINGTON — President Biden will speak by video conference on Monday with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, one of the unexpected, yet pivotal, drivers of Trump-era policies to seal the United States to migrants that Mr. Biden is trying to unwind. Mr. Biden is expected to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, cracking down on […] More

by Tonya Frazier March 1, 2021, 5:00 am
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Iran Rejects Nuclear Deal Talks With U.S. Proposed by Europe

Iran on Sunday rejected an offer to negotiate directly with the United States in an informal meeting proposed by Europeans to revive the nuclear deal that President Donald J. Trump exited nearly three years ago. A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said recent actions taken by Washington and Europeans had led Iran to […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 28, 2021, 4:59 pm
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In Confronting Saudi Arabia, Biden Tiptoes With a Close Ally

BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Biden and his administration speak less of calculated interests in dealing with the rest of the world and more of letting values like democracy and human rights guide the way. But in the administration’s handling of the public release of an intelligence assessment last week concluding that Crown Prince Mohammed bin […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 28, 2021, 3:19 pm
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Bukele, Combative but Popular, May Tighten Grip in El Salvador Elections

MEXICO CITY — In his first two years in office, El Salvador’s president marched soldiers into the country’s legislature, defied Supreme Court rulings, published photos of barely clothed gang members crammed together on a prison floor, and dispatched the military to detain anyone breaking quarantine. Salvadorans can’t get enough of him. President Nayib Bukele, who […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 28, 2021, 11:14 am
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Opinion | The Era of Vaccine Diplomacy Is Here

Poor countries will remember who came to their assistance, and when. Moscow and Beijing saw an opportunity early on, sending masks and protective gear to hard-hit countries last spring. Now, with low- and middle-income countries clamoring for vaccines, countries from Serbia and Algeria to Brazil and Egypt are getting doses from China and Russia. Serbia, […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 28, 2021, 11:00 am
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How to Unite a Deeply Divided Kosovo? Name a Lake After Trump

ZUBIN POTOK, Kosovo — Ljiljana Trifonovic, an ethnic Serb living in a waterside hamlet in northern Kosovo, never cared for American politicians — “they are all against us,” she said — but she took a shine to Donald J. Trump when he was in the White House. “He is a bit crazy like we are […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 27, 2021, 5:00 am
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Opinion | Why President Biden Must Withdraw From Afghanistan

President Joe Biden faces a defining foreign policy decision: The United States signed a deal with the Taliban last year in Doha, Qatar, offering an American commitment to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by May 1 in exchange for a Taliban promise not to allow the country to be used by transnational terrorists. May 1 is […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 26, 2021, 9:30 pm
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Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopian officials and allied militia fighters are leading a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray, the war-torn region in northern Ethiopia, according to a confidential United States government report obtained by The New York Times. The report, written earlier this month, documents in stark terms a land of looted houses and […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 26, 2021, 8:35 pm
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Opinion | Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, the Murderous Monarch

The Biden administration formally acknowledged on Friday what President Donald Trump would not, that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the plan to kill the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But Mr. Biden seems to have concluded that the potential cost of taking action against the 35-year-old de facto ruler of a key […] More

by Tonya Frazier February 26, 2021, 8:27 pm