foreign policy
Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
World
October 23, 2020
Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coronavirus…
Oman reinstates ambassador to Syria after years-long hiatus
Middle East
October 5, 2020
Oman reinstates ambassador to Syria after years-long hiatus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman has sent an ambassador to Syria after an eight-year hiatus, the state news…
Saudi business leader urges boycott of goods from ‘hostile’ Turkey
Middle East
October 5, 2020
Saudi business leader urges boycott of goods from ‘hostile’ Turkey
RIYADH/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The head of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid…
Iran’s foreign policy is to confront American hegemony: Iran vice president
Middle East
July 29, 2019
Iran’s foreign policy is to confront American hegemony: Iran vice president
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign policy is to confront American hegemony and protect multilateralism, Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said…
Egyptian-American Mohamed El-Erian appointed the new president of Queen’s College Cambridge
Egypt
May 29, 2019
Egyptian-American Mohamed El-Erian appointed the new president of Queen’s College Cambridge
Chief economic advisor at Allianz SE since 2000, Mohamed El-Erian of Egyptian heritage has been selected to head University of…
Faith and foreign policy: Brazil’s Bolsonaro in Israel before election
Middle East
April 1, 2019
Faith and foreign policy: Brazil’s Bolsonaro in Israel before election
In 2016, far-right Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro donned a white robe to be baptized in the Jordan River by a…
Trump deepens public row with his ‘naive’ intelligence services
World
January 31, 2019
Trump deepens public row with his ‘naive’ intelligence services
US President Donald Trump branded his own intelligence services “naive” on Iran and in need of schooling in a deepening…
Radical plans, risks in foreign policy of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
World
November 1, 2018
Radical plans, risks in foreign policy of Brazil’s Bolsonaro
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has often expressed admiration for Donald Trump and appears poised to…
Backed by Putin, Russian military pushes into foreign policy
World
December 13, 2017
Backed by Putin, Russian military pushes into foreign policy
From Damascus to Doha, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has been showing up in unexpected places, a sign of the…
Germany must stop relying on US for foreign policy: foreign minister
World
December 5, 2017
Germany must stop relying on US for foreign policy: foreign minister
Germany should be more assertive in setting foreign policy according to its own interests rather than to those of the…