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Migrants make their way to the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus

EU places new sanctions on entities facilitating migration to Belarus

Top of The World

The EU is placing new sanctions on travel companies helping to transport migrants to Belarus. Also, American journalist Danny Fenster, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison, has been released by the military junta in Myanmar. And, Austria imposes a lockdown on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Released American journalist Danny Fester, centre, poses next to former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson, third from left and members of his team at the Naypyitaw Airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar

US journalist jailed in Myanmar for nearly six months is freed

Military
A man sits down with flags in the background

Bill Richardson says Aung San Suu Kyi ‘doesn’t deserve credit’ for releasing two jailed journalists

Foreign policy
US President Donald Trump is seen walking next to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un who has his hand on Trump's back.

Recovery of US troops’ remains in North Korea complicated by cash, politics

A girl from the Pauktaw township stands in front of her family's shelter in a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp

The Rohingya crisis lead to a falling out between Bill Richardson and Aung San Suu Kyi

Conflict
Draft executive orders proposed a 40% cut in funding to the United Nations.

What a cut to its UN funding does to US leverage in the world

Global Politics

What could funding cuts mean for the US at the United Nations? A former ambassador explains.

States struggle with Arizona’s immigration laws

Global Politics

At least nine states have plans to introduce legislation similar to Arizona’s new immigration law. Not everyone is happy about it, and everyone is looking to the feds.

Can Gov. Bill Richardson Negotiate Kenneth Bae’s Release from North Korea?

North Korean detainee Kenneth Bae is an American citizen whose been held in North Korea for six months. He’s charged with pursuing hostile acts against the North Korean regime. Bae worked in North Korea as a missionary and tour guide, but the regime says he’s used his position to communicate anti-government messages. Bae has called […]

Google Diplomacy: Eric Schmidt’s Controversial Trip to North Korea

Conflict & Justice

Google chairman Eric Schmidt is back from his controversial trip to North Korea. He says he told North Korean leaders to loosen their restrictions on internet access in the recluse nation, or risk being left behind.

What Google’s Eric Schmidt and Former Governor Bill Richardson Will Achieve in North Korea

Global Politics

The United States Department criticized the decision of Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to visit North Korea, just weeks after a controversial rocket launch took place there.