Foreign Policy

Shortly after launching military strikes on nine sites in Pakistan, India declared that “justice had been done”. It had chosen revenge following a massacre of Indian tourists in Kashmir in April by terrorists for which it blamed Islamabad.

Indian strikes on Pakistan Tuesday night into early Wednesday have sparked new concerns about another war in the region in a longstanding and bitter conflict after a terrorist attack in India flared tensions between the two countries again.

India’s string of attacks on Pakistan overnight – a response, Delhi says, to the killing of 26 in a terror attack in Kashmir last month – comes at a time when warfare has become increasingly normalised internationally and the restraints of the global diplomatic system weakened.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in office in a disastrous night for his conservative rivals, as voters chose stability over change against a backdrop of global turmoil inflicted by US President Donald Trump.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor Party was projected to win elections, broadcasters said on Saturday, in a comeback against once-resurgent conservatives powered by concerns about the influence of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Former US president Donald Trump said Thursday that he counseled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they met last month to swiftly “get your victory” because the “killing has to stop” in Gaza.

The Republican presidential nominee was asked at a New Jersey press conference whether he encouraged Netanyahu not to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Trump denied doing that, asserting that Netanyahu “knows what he’s doing...

Former President Trump often made support for Israel a cornerstone of his foreign policy during his first term in office, but in recent weeks he has offered mixed messages about how he would handle Israel’s battle with Hamas if he were chief executive.

Several U.N. agencies that provide aid to children, refugees and other vulnerable people around the world are slashing jobs or cutting costs in other ways, with officials pointing to funding reductions mainly from the United States and warning that vital relief programs will be severely affected as a result.

The U.N. World Food Program is expected to cut up to 30% of its staff. The head of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said it would downsize its headquarters and regional offices to reduce costs by 30% and cut senior-level positions by 50%.

I am a human rights activist and advocate for my country — Macedonia — and for its language and its culture.

As an American taxpayer, you have probably never heard of me. You might not know much about Macedonia or even be able to find it on a map.

But here’s one thing you have a right to know: Millions of your taxpayer dollars were spent to foment a political crisis in my country, to overthrow its government, and even to defame me personally.

China’s government has exempted some U.S. imports that the country would struggle to immediately source from elsewhere from its retaliatory tariffs, people familiar with the matter said.

Chinese authorities have told some importers of American goods that they would waive the most recent 125% increases in tariff rates for certain U.S. imports. Those products include certain semiconductors and chipmaking equipment, medical products and aviation parts, the people said...