World Affairs

Arguing the big ideas behind US foreign policy by featuring leading commentators, scholars, and analysts.

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Uribe Asks Colombian Senate to Ignore Resignation Letter So His Case Remains with the Supreme Court; Brazil’s Far-Right Candidate Still Popular Despite Views on Brazilian History of Slavery; Check out https://t.co/LdgsNKGYPw for more in depth #SouthAmerica news!

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Only One Dog Tag, Difficulty Identifying the 55 North Korean Returned US War Remains ; Trump Calls for End to Russia Probe Amid #ManafortTrialDay ; Check out https://t.co/BP0Jae6doR for more in depth #NorthAmerica news!

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Turkey Will ‘Not Give Credit’ to US Threats Over #Brunson Crisis; Russian Military Contractors in the #CentralAfricanRepublic ; Check out https://t.co/yepHLb7us2 for more in depth #Europe and #CentralAsia news!

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Syria: Thousands of Displaced Confined to Camps https://t.co/WGswIl5rrW

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Growing Afghan Air Force Garners Growing Concerns over its Conduct #Afghanistan ; Pakistan: US Concerns that IMF Bailout Would Be Used to Repay Chinese Debt ‘Totally Wrong’; Check out https://t.co/fBtGswozxE for more in depth #SouthAsia news!

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Amnesty International Staff Targeted with Israel-Based Company Spyware; Thousands of Displaced Confined to Camps in #Syria ; Check out https://t.co/S8wYo75zwk for more in depth #MiddleEast news!

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Climate Change Threatens US Strategic Relationships in Asia-Pacific; Pompeo to Urge #ASEAN Nations to Keep Pressure on North Korea; Check out https://t.co/r2JQ2eGNT2 for more in depth #AsiaPacific news!

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Zimbabwean Army Intervenes in Election Opposition Clashes with Police in Harare #ZimbabweElections2018 ; #DRCongo Ex-Warlord, Bemba, Returns Home to Challenge Kabila; Check out https://t.co/3CZwruNZjU for more in depth #Africa news!

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National Register of Citizens Leaves Out Huge Swaths of Minority Groups in #Assam #India, Potential Humanitarian Crisis Looming; #Worldbank Grants #Afghanistan $350m to Support Efficiency and Efficacy Reforms; Check out https://t.co/fBtGswozxE for more in depth #SouthAsia news!

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At Least 36 Druze Women and Children Kidnapped by ISIS in Last Weeks Attack on Southern #Syria ; Despite Potential Risk to Kidnapped Women and Children #SyrianArmy Advances South Against IS; Check out https://t.co/S8wYo75zwk for more in depth #MiddleEast news!

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Security Concerns Rule Fractious #MaliElections ; #Somalia and #Eritrea Sign Agreement to Reestablish Diplomatic Ties After Decade of Animosity; Peaceful #ZimbabweElections2018 First Since Mugabe’s Fall; Check out https://t.co/3CZwruNZjU for more in depth #Africa news!

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Hun Sen Wins #CambodiaElection2018 , But Experts Assert Results Point to Tainted Election; SMH Editorial: Cambodia’s Election in Light of Growing Chinese Influence; Check out https://t.co/r2JQ2eGNT2 for more in depth #AsiaPacific news!

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International elections in the news today: Peaceful First Elections Since Mugabe’s Fall #ZimbabweElections2018 ; Growing Chinese Influence in #CambodiaElection2018 ; Security Concerns Rule Fractious #MaliElections ; check out https://t.co/3BQzBQ9LuH for aggregate coverage

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Ecuadorian President Visits UK, But Will Not Talk About Julian Assange; #Uribe Trial Creates Crisis for the Colombian Government, Leaving Duque without Political Mentor; Check out https://t.co/LdgsNKGYPw for more in depth #SouthAmerica news!

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Miami Haitians Call for Extension to Temporary Protected Status Amid Fear of Possible #FamilySeparation ; Trump Pushes Putin Visit to 2019 Citing #MuellerInvestigation as Reason Behind Delay; Check out https://t.co/BP0Jae6doR for more in depth #NorthAmerica news!

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#EU Court Ruling Condemns Polish Judicial System; When Junker Meets Trump, Positive Trade Relations to Come? #TrumpJunkerMeeting; Check out https://t.co/yepHLb7us2 for more in depth #Europe news!

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New Proposal on Governance in #SouthSudan Addressing the Independent Boundary Commission; Modi and Xi Offer Big Investment Deals to Uganda and Rwanda Ahead of #BRICSSummit; Check out https://t.co/3CZwruNZjU for more in depth #Africa news!

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More Than 180 Dead in One of ISIS’s Deadliest Attacks in #syria; Palestine to Replace Egypt as Next Head of UN’s Biggest Bloc of Developing Nations; Check out https://t.co/S8wYo75zwk for more in depth #MiddleEast news!

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At least 31 Dead in Quetta as Pakistanis Head to the Polls #PakistanElections2018 ; Afghanistan, the US, Saudi Arabia, and UAE Discuss Agree on Peace and Counter-Terrorism Measures #afghanpeace; Check out https://t.co/fBtGswozxE for more n depth #SouthAsia news!

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US Airlines Bow to Chinese Pressure and Remove References to Taiwan; North Korean Media Urges US and South Korea to Declare End to Korean War After Dismantling a Missile Test Site; Check out https://t.co/r2JQ2eGNT2 for more in depth #AsiaPacific news!