President Biden's foreign policy fumbles have "weakened America on the world stage," a key Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee member said Tuesday. He warned that administration officials have moved to "coddle" China despite the regime's clear determination to "replace the United States as the globe's sole superpower." Published December 6, 2022
The Ukrainian Air Force said Monday that it shot down more than 60 missiles from a major Russian barrage, while Moscow accused Kyiv of carrying out multiple drone strikes that damaged sensitive military sites deep inside Russia. Published December 5, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is "trying to weaponize winter" with the goal of making Ukrainian civilians suffer, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday. Published December 4, 2022
Protests in Iran are expected to intensify, with demonstrators calling for a three-day strike ahead of a visit by hardline President Ebrahim Raisi to Tehran University. Published December 4, 2022
China's failure to develop coronavirus vaccines that work has resulted in societal chaos gripping many Chinese cities amid draconian lockdowns. Published December 1, 2022
Operatives from Iran's military have threatened to imprison and torture the families of Iranian World Cup soccer players if the players don't "behave" during their highly anticipated match against the United States in Qatar on Tuesday, according to a report. Published November 29, 2022
It's the shoe that all of East Asia is still waiting to drop. Published November 23, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping went along with the Biden administration's push for the Group of 20 leading economies to deliver a declaration firmly condemning Russia's war in Ukraine, but Chinese media sharply criticized the way the declaration was presented as a diplomatic victory for Washington. Published November 16, 2022
Russian missiles apparently strayed into Polish territory on Tuesday, killing at least two people in the NATO nation in a development that threatens to dramatically escalate tensions between the alliance and Moscow nearly nine months into Russia's war in Ukraine. Published November 15, 2022
CIA Director William J. Burns on Monday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin's top intelligence official in Turkey to convey a stern message about the consequences that would occur if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Published November 14, 2022
CIA Director William Burns on Monday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin's top intelligence official in Turkey to convey a message from the Biden administration about the consequences that would occur if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Published November 14, 2022
The Chinese Communist Party is "at war with all faiths," according to former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, who says America and its democratic allies must "stand firmly" in promoting religious freedom as a "common human right." Published November 12, 2022
President Biden faces thorny challenges on a major overseas trip that began Friday at a major climate summit in Egypt, where he walked a tightrope calling for global fossil fuel reductions even though his administration has been pushing for months for increased oil production from difficult Middle Eastern allies such as Saudi Arabia. Published November 8, 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seizing on the current moment of global distractions -- from Russia's war in Ukraine to rising China-Taiwan tensions and the still potent COVID-19 pandemic -- to advance his nuclear and missile capabilities with little response from the U.S. and its allies, a top former National Security Council official warns. Published November 1, 2022
Right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro's refusal Monday to concede in Brazil's knife-edge election triggered fears that political unrest may be imminent in Brazil, a key battleground country in the growing Cold War-style rivalry between the U.S. and China for influence over South America. Published October 31, 2022
As the price tag on American military aid to Ukraine rises and the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of a recession, cracks have begun to show the once rock-solid bipartisan support in Washington for providing Kyiv with the support it needs to fend off Russia's now 8-month-old invasion. Published October 27, 2022
Tensions between North and South Korea have risen this week, with both sides engaging in live-fire military drills while concerns swirl in Washington that North Korea's new war-fighting strategy centers on the potential use of preemptive "tactical" nuclear strikes. Published October 19, 2022
China's threat to absorb Taiwan -- through possible military action if necessary -- has sent nerves soaring in Taipei, while also sparking debate a half a world away in Washington over the long-held U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" over just exactly what the American military would do to protect the island democracy from a Chinese invasion. Published October 19, 2022
HSINCHU, Taiwan -- Hulking white factory buildings tower over the plush vegetation lining the road that snakes through this city, a place long known as Taiwan's "Silicon Valley," but increasingly identified as ground zero in a widening new Cold War between the United States and China. Published October 18, 2022
Like many younger people here, Elsa Lin has been doing some serious soul-searching lately about what might come of her life and how she will respond if the once-unthinkable -- war with China -- should break out. Published October 17, 2022
