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4 things to know about Australia’s contentious election

By Eric Kleefeld

Trump lifts steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada

By Jen Kirby

The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explained

By Emily Stewart

Taiwan’s parliament passes historic same-sex marriage law

By Jen Kirby

Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: how to die peacefully

By Eliza Barclay

Farmers are losing patience with Trump’s trade war

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

Trump’s executive order may be aimed at Huawei, but its impact could be far wider

By Shirin Ghaffary

Rod Rosenstein’s replacement has officially been confirmed by the Senate

By Li Zhou

Trump’s crackdown on China’s Huawei is escalating the trade war

By Alex Ward

Former US Attorney Preet Bharara says good journalism may have undermined the Mueller report

By Eric Johnson

The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border

Here’s what a so-called "smart wall" of technology at the US-Mexico border looks like.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Why Turkey has accused NBA player Enes Kanter of “terror” ties

By Jen Kirby

Why Senate Republicans are fracturing over Donald Jr.’s testimony

By Li Zhou

The US decision to withdraw staff from Iraq shows the Iran standoff continues

By Alex Ward

Trump’s puzzling trade war with China, sort of explained

By Matthew Yglesias

Why China’s new tariffs could make the US trade war even worse

By Alex Ward

The rape allegation against Julian Assange, explained

By Anna North

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter says AI should never have the “true autonomy” to kill

By Eric Johnson

Hungary’s leader is waging war on democracy. Today, he’s at the White House.

By Zack Beauchamp

Attack on Catholic church kills 6 people in Burkina Faso

By Eric Kleefeld

French special forces rescue hostages in a deadly Burkina Faso raid

By Gabriela Resto-Montero

South Africa’s ruling party ANC wins reelection

By Jen Kirby

US-China trade talks end with no deal — and more tariffs

By Jen Kirby

Is gun violence in America a foreign policy problem? Stacey Abrams and Mitch Landrieu say yes.

By Alex Ward

Over 4 months after Mattis quit, Trump picks Patrick Shanahan as defense secretary

By Alex Ward

South Africa’s election was a test for Nelson Mandela’s party. It’s now poised to win.

By Jen Kirby

What a major arrest in Venezuela says about the Guaidó-Maduro standoff

By Alex Ward

Why North Korea has launched 2 missile tests in less than a week

By Alex Ward

Trump’s Iran policy is making war more likely

By Alex Ward

The UK has now gone a week without coal power. It’s aiming for the most aggressive climate target in the world.

By Umair Irfan

Iran just said it won’t comply with parts of the landmark nuclear deal

By Alex Ward

Bernie Sanders’s political revolution on foreign policy, explained

How Yemen crystallized Sanders’s 2020 foreign policy message

By Tara Golshan

Sam Harris talks Islam, politics, Twitter, and Trump with Kara Swisher

By Eric Johnson

2 Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar for covering atrocities against Rohingya were pardoned

By Jen Kirby

The growing, dangerous US-Iran standoff, explained

By Alex Ward

China’s secret internment camps

By Danush Parvaneh and Sigal Samuel

What should a left foreign policy look like? An Elizabeth Warren adviser offers his vision.

By Zack Beauchamp

After a weekend of violence, Israel and Gaza reach a tentative ceasefire

By Jen Kirby

North Korea tested a missile over the weekend. The Trump admin flubbed the response.

By Alex Ward

Violence continues as Israel and Hamas exchange fire over 2 days of fighting 

By Kelly Cohen

Bill McKibben has been sounding the climate alarm for decades. Here’s his best advice.

By Sean Illing

Why North Korea’s “projectiles” launch isn’t a cause for concern — yet

By Alex Ward
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