US foreign policy

A woman holds a young malnourished child.

Aid agencies fear impact in Yemen after US terror decision

Foreign policy

After the Trump administration’s out-the-door decision to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization, Aid agencies warn the decision could wreck the tenuous relief system keeping millions alive.

Reporters Shirin Jaafari and Jorge Valencia will talk to The World's senior editor Daisy Contreras about some of the foreign policy issues at stake in the 2020 election.

Discussion: What’s at stake in the 2020 election?

Secretary Tillerson Shakes Hands With NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg at NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels

How State Dept uncertainty could erode US foreign policy

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Crew members prepare tanks in the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka, Ukraine, on Feb. 2.

How Russia is testing Trump on Ukraine

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Iran has been training and equipping Shi’ite militias in Iraq for years. Here, Shi’ite militiamen shell ISIS positions near Baiji in 2015

A US confrontation with Iran could be deadly for American troops in Iraq

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A child holds bullets picked from the ground, in Rounyn, a village located about 15 kilometers north of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, Sudan, on March 27, 2011.

For Sudan, breaking ties with its radical past is a ‘delicate balancing act’

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Last week the Obama administration eased a 20-year trade embargo against Sudan, a nation the US still considers a sponsor of foreign terrorist organizations. Now, as the North African country looks to part with past alignments and improve US relations, it’s finding that battling extremism at home can be tricky business.

American journalist James Foley arrives at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli after being released from capitivity by the Libyan government on May 18, 2011.

America’s policy on hostages may have cost the life of James Foley

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A would-be defector from ISIS says he offered to help return hostage James Foley in exchange for asylum and cash long before Foley’s death. But the government reportedly refused to negotiate, highlighting what critics say is a confusing and counterproductive policy on captured Americans.

A fisherman at the mouth of Oyster Bay on Palawan Island in the western Philippines, an area overlooking the disputed South China Sea that could be transformed into a "mini-Subic" port for its naval frigates and eventually, for American warships too.

Ripples of the US shutdown reach all the way to Asia… when it comes to foreign policy

Global Politics

For the third time, President Obama has put off visits to Asia for domestic political reasons. But a former White House advisor says that does not mean the administration is giving up on its commitment to ‘rebalance’ American foreign policy toward the Asia-Pacific region and away from the Middle East.