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A National Police officer patrols an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. A court in Kenya on Friday blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment

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The State Department headquarters is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Biden taps Obama nuclear deal architect as Iran envoy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) **FILE**

Will Biden lift sanctions on Iran? Crisis Group says he should

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Think tank urges China to release Canadian employee

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Belarusian opposition supporters gather for a protest rally in front of the government building at Independent Square in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Workers at more state-controlled companies and factories took part in the strike that began the day before and has encompassed several truck and tractor factories, a huge potash factory that accounts for a fifth of the world's potash fertilizer output and is the nation's top cash earner, state television and the country's most prominent theater. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Trump pressed on Belarus protests against Lukashenko

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, a miner stands on a mound of dirt to make a phone call, at a gold mine in Bouda, Burkina Faso. A growing number of small-scale gold miners are out of work in Burkina Faso as jihadists try to seize control of the country's most lucrative industry. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Militants increasing attacks on Burkina Faso mines

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 file photo, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, left, and opposition leader Riek Machar shake hands during peace talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A new report by the International Crisis Group warned on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 that South Sudan is &quot;barreling toward a crisis&quot; and could slide back into fighting as the country's warring parties aren't ready to form a coalition government on Nov. 12th, when it is planned for opposition leader Riek Machar to return and once again serve as President Salva Kiir's deputy. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

South Sudan faces crisis in forming new coalition government

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

In this photo of Saturday, July 6, 2019, young boys pose for a picture in a small village on the outskirts of the Burundi capital Bujumbura. Compounding the political unrest in Burundi is the dire economic and humanitarian situation in a country whose GDP per capita slipped 3% in 2018, according to the U.N. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

In Burundi, fears that next year’s vote will be bloody again

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga) ** FILE **

Ortega seen using Nicaragua talks with opposition to buy time, retain power

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this Friday, May 3, 2019 file photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising after Syrian government and Russian airstrikes hit the town of al-Habeet, southern Idlib, Syria. After eight months of relative calm, Idlib is once again a theater for bloody military operations as Syrian government troops, backed by Russia, push their way into the rebel-held enclave in a widening offensive. The violence of the past week threatens to completely unravel a crumbling cease-fire agreement reached between Turkey and Russia last September. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)

Q&A: Syria’s Assad sets sights on Idlib, the final showdown?

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump ‘America first’ doctrine tested by crises, shifting global order

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image made from a video taken on March 28, 2018, North East Asia senior adviser Michael Kovrig speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. A former Canadian diplomat reportedly has been arrested in China. The International Crisis Group said Tuesday, Dec. 11 it's aware of reports that its North East Asia senior adviser Michael Kovrig has been detained. (AP Photo)

China says no information on detained ex-Canadian diplomat

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Nigeria farmer-herder conflict now deadlier than Boko Haram

By SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

In this image released by the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Kurdish peshmerga forces prepare for battle against the Islamic State group, south of the Mosul Dam, in Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Kurdish Regional Security Council said Wednesday that Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched a new offensive to secure areas southeast and southwest of the dam. (AP Photo/Kurdistan Region Security Council)

Divisions among Kurdish factions fighting militants seen as increasing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Uzbeks note independence, continuing misery under Karimov

By Gemma Poerzgen - Special to The Washington Times

Sri Lankan war crimes suspect gets post as representative to U.N.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Sectarian struggle hampers Iraq’s progress

Sectarian struggle hampers Iraq’s progress