Foreign Policy

IDF Military Drone Unit seen training with drones near Kibbutz Merom Golan, on the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights, Israel on June 26, 2025.

US and Israel negotiating $3 billion aid payments through 2033, despite Trump saying aid will end this year

Brady Knox · November 13, 2026 1:16 pm

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

Witkoff and Kushner spearhead Russia and Iran negotiations. Has Rubio been sidelined?

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a meeting with President Donald Trump of the multinational political and security coalition "Shield of the Americas" on the sidelines the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters.

‘Unprecedented’ for Treasury secretary to leave home over Iranian threat: Joe Concha

The embassy of the Russian Federation, located in the Northwest Washington neighborhood of Glover Park.

Russian ambassador to US ‘suddenly’ dead at 66

Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks during an AFP interview after meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill, in Washington DC, on June 14, 2024. All three medical professional recently returned to the US after volunteering in Gaza.

Adam Hamawy refuses to call Iran an adversary: ‘We’ve killed a lot of them’

A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter is seen during the press day of the 2017 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea.

Trump administration kicks Turkish pilots out after removing Turkey from the F-35 program

Russ Read July 17, 2019 8:05 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Washington.

Trump kicks Turkey out of F-35 program in historic NATO rupture

Joel Gehrke July 17, 2019 7:11 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, is seen.

If we want to avoid war with Iran, is Rand Paul Trump’s most important adviser?

Jack Hunter July 17, 2019 6:47 pm

An undated photo issued Wednesday by Force for Deterrence in Libya shows Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi. British police said Wednesday that Hashem Abedi, a key suspect in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing that killed 22 people, has been arrested at a London airport after being extradited from Libya.

Takeaways from Britain’s capture of Manchester bomber’s brother

Tom Rogan July 17, 2019 6:37 pm

Hafiz Saeed, chief of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, addresses a rally for Kashmir Day in Lahore, Pakistan.

Pakistan arrests suspect in 2008 Mumbai attacks

Zach Halaschak July 17, 2019 6:17 pm

A photographer stands outside of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Ecuadorian Embassy security guard broke protocol to receive package from masked man before major WikiLeaks dump

Daniel Chaitin July 17, 2019 6:09 pm

Trump allows Rand Paul to be back channel with Iran

Caitlin Yilek July 17, 2019 5:11 pm

Tents fill a shelter used mostly by Mexican and Central American migrants who are applying for asylum in the U.S., on the border in Tijuana, Mexico.

Turns out Mexicans don’t want foreigners overrunning their country either

Eddie Scarry July 17, 2019 4:54 pm

National security adviser John Bolton speaks at a conference.

John Bolton suggests Trump administration could bar Google from working with China

Joel Gehrke July 16, 2019 10:27 pm

Iranian flags fly in front of a U.N. building, where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

Missing oil tanker likely seized by Iran: US intelligence

Russ Read July 16, 2019 10:23 pm

This is a gate in Nevada. It is widely held to be the location of Area 51.

Air Force warns storming Area 51 is ‘dangerous’ as 1.3M people sign up to break in

Daniel Chaitin July 16, 2019 10:06 pm

Military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defense systems, are unloaded from a Russian transport aircraft, at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday. The first shipment of a Russian missile defense system has arrived in Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday, moving the country closer to possible U.S. sanctions and a new standoff with Washington. The U.S. has strongly urged NATO member Turkey to pull back from the deal, warning the country that it will face economic sanctions.

Trump’s Turkey S-400 delusion

Tom Rogan July 16, 2019 8:10 pm