The U.S. and Iran each have diplomats in Vienna for Tuesday’s negotiations over the 2015 nuclear agreement that Donald Trump abandoned.
Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
Biden faces Trump’s deadline on Afghanistan troop withdrawal: ‘Any way you cut it, we are headed for a messy outcome’
U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan two decades. Will they be out by May 1?
The Biden administration has reached out to North Korea, seeking to prevent further escalation
The move comes after four years of the Trump administration’s tumultuous, hot-and-cold diplomacy with the reclusive nuclear-armed nation.
After Khashoggi murder, Saudi Arabia shifts lobbying firepower to ‘middle America’ with women’s rights message
The Saudis are reaching out to local officials from New Orleans to Anchorage. The pitch: Saudi Arabia is a global player transforming on women’s rights.
Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman complicit in Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, US report says
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the operation “to capture or kill” Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday.
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Republicans grill Biden’s pick for UN ambassador over speech at Confucius Institute at HBCU
Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said she regrets speaking in 2019 at a Confucius Institute.
After Putin’s initial snub, Biden talks nukes, cyberattack and poisoning with Russian leader
Biden and Putin discussed their shared goal of renewing an expiring nuclear arms control agreement, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
‘The world’s on fire’ and other takeaways from Biden’s secretary of state nominee confirmation hearing
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be America’s top diplomat vowed to reverse a slew of the Trump administration’s foreign policy positions.
‘Tough as nails’: Lawmakers to grill Avril Haines, Biden’s nominee for director of national intelligence
Avril Haines has been a pilot, a bookstore owner, an auto mechanic, a congressional staffer and an international lawyer. Next up for the 51-year-old? America’s spy chief, if she is confirmed by the Senate.
‘Egregious and disgusting’: Trump’s pardon of Blackwater contractors sparks outrage, warnings
Critics warned that Trump pardoning pardon four ex-Blackwater contractors convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians could jeopardize the safety of American military personnel.