International Relations

China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliation
Feb 12, 2021

China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliation

China has banned BBC World News from airing in China, a week after threatening to retaliate for the revocation of the British broadcasting license for China’s state-owned CGTN


Biden wants to quadruple refugee admissions set by Trump
Feb 11, 2021

Biden wants to quadruple refugee admissions set by Trump

A U.S. official and others say President Joe Biden wants to raise refugee admissions to 62,500 for the current budget year, overriding former President Donald Trump's record-low limit of 15,000


Countries curb diplomatic ties, weigh sanctions on Myanmar
Feb 11, 2021

Countries curb diplomatic ties, weigh sanctions on Myanmar

A growing number of governments are curbing diplomatic ties with Myanmar and increasing economic pressure on its military over the coup last week


Sources: Biden officials snub Salvadoran leader in DC trip
Feb 8, 2021

Sources: Biden officials snub Salvadoran leader in DC trip

The Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador’s president on an unannounced trip to Washington last week, as criticism of the Central American leader mounts among Democrats, according to three people with knowledge of the decision


Longtime Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz dies at 100
Feb 8, 2021

Longtime Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz dies at 100

President Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, George P


George Shultz wasn't 'afraid to struggle against the odds'
Feb 7, 2021

George Shultz wasn't 'afraid to struggle against the odds'

Time was running out when Secretary of State George P


Biden ending deals with Central America restricting asylum
Feb 7, 2021

Biden ending deals with Central America restricting asylum

The Biden administration is ending agreements with three Central American nations that were part of an effort to restrict asylum under President Donald Trump


El Salvador kept paying DC lobbyist after claim he was fired
Feb 6, 2021

El Salvador kept paying DC lobbyist after claim he was fired

Washington lobbyist Robert Stryk continued working for El Salvador’s government even after the country’s president claimed he had annulled a $450,000 contract that triggered a wave of criticism in the poor Central American country


Japan expresses concern to UK over new Chinese maritime law
Feb 3, 2021

Japan expresses concern to UK over new Chinese maritime law

Japan’s foreign minister and defense minister have expressed concern to their British counterparts over a new Chinese maritime law


Biden tries to show US as democracy beacon post-Capitol riot
Feb 2, 2021

Biden tries to show US as democracy beacon post-Capitol riot

President Joe Biden is facing two critical tests of whether the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol has damaged America’s standing as a beacon for democracy


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