Tag: Foreign Affairs

White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner speaks during Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday, Feb. 28, 2020.

‘Historic’: Kushner and others to travel aboard first commercial flight from Israel to UAE

Zach Halaschak · August 25, 2020 10:41 pm

This June 16, 2015, photo released by DVIDS/U.S. Air Force shows a mobile chase car pursuing a U-2 Dragon Lady as the aircraft prepares to land at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Mobile chase cars guide the aircraft during takeoffs and landings. One American pilot was killed and another injured when they ejected from a U-2 spy plane shortly before it crashed in Northern California on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 the U.S. Air Force said.

China accuses US of sending U-2 spy plane into Chinese no-fly zone

Zach Halaschak · August 25, 2020 10:03 pm

Venezuela's Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno, during a meeting with the press at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 1, 2017. Venezuela's president and Supreme Court backed down Saturday from an audacious move to strip congress of its legislative powers that had sparked widespread charges that the South American country was no longer a democracy.

US offers $5M reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela chief justice

Zach Halaschak · July 22, 2020 12:04 am

Trump says he’s becoming ‘more and more angry at China’ as pandemic continues

Zach Halaschak · June 30, 2020 11:40 pm

A student dressed in black gather on the University Mall at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) during a class boycott rally in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Chinese president signs order to enact wide-reaching Hong Kong security law

Anthony Leonardi · June 30, 2020 12:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Don’t let Trump pull the wool over our eyes on arms deals

Daniel DePetris · June 29, 2020 4:00 am

D. J. Meek, a 40-year-old homeless drug addict, smokes crystal meth Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles.

Pandemic to heighten global drug use already up 30% over past decade: UN

Anna Giaritelli · June 25, 2020 11:00 am

Satellite images show Wuhan hospitals swamped months before China reported coronavirus outbreak

Anna Giaritelli · June 8, 2020 3:17 pm

China and Kong Hong national flags are displayed outside a shopping center in Hong Kong.

China approves controversial Hong Kong national security measure

Anthony Leonardi · May 28, 2020 11:52 am

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a press conference at an international counterterrorism conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 19, 2019.

Pompeo draws anger from China after congratulating Taiwan president on inauguration

Zach Halaschak · May 20, 2020 9:22 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to journalist during a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Venezuela is demanding that Washington stop piling on punishing financial sanctions aimed at forcing a regime change in Venezuela. The international court must next decide whether it will open an investigation.

UPDATED: Venezuela says it captured two US citizens after failed invasion

Zach Halaschak · May 5, 2020 5:31 pm

The Turkish flag is seen on a donation of medical supplies from Turkey as it is unloaded from a military aircraft, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The donation to help fight the new coronavirus in the United States included surgical masks, sanitizers and protective suits.

Turkish government sends US shipment of 500,000 masks and other protective equipment

Zach Halaschak · April 29, 2020 12:31 am