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Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, in this this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo.

Israel has a stake in Biden administration’s decision to lift ICC sanctions

Justice

Prominent groups are calling on the Biden administration to lift Trump-era sanctions on ICC members. But Israel, one of America’s closest allies, is asking the new president to keep them in place.

Members of the US National Guard stand inside anti-scaling fencing that surrounds the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 10, 2021.

Impeachment looms after US Capitol attack; Pakistan plunges into darkness; Taiwan-US diplomatic ties strengthened

Top of The World
A man in a suit speaks from a podium with the US flag

US-China relationship headed toward ‘permanent lasting rupture,’ analyst says

Foreign policy
A massive crowd of mourners gathers on the streets of Tehran, Iran.

Killing Soleimani was a ‘hasty’ decision, says former defense undersecretary

Military
UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen

UN envoy to US: ‘We need to keep Yemen out of a potential regional conflict’

Conflict & Justice
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stands in front of several flags while speaking into several media microphones

What does Hungary’s crackdown on free media mean for the rest of the world?

Analysts say Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has created “a new kind of model about how autocrats operate.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh arrive for a photo opportunity before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 9, 2018.

Trump and Kim will meet again, but why in Vietnam?

The White House says Trump-Kim summit 2.0 is being planned for late February. No official venue has been announced yet. But Vietnam, a communist state that fought America and won, is a choice that both North Korea and the US could agree on.

Secretary of State Pompeo

Ex-diplomats warn Pompeo against eliminating US refugee bureau

Immigration

In a letter to Pompeo, the former diplomats and national security advisers who served both Democratic and Republican administrations, said eliminating the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) office would impact the US ability to influence global refugee policy.

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Ronan Farrow: Foreign policy mistakes show US diplomacy needs reform, not reversal

Global Politics

Journalist Ronan Farrow takes a hard look at the decline of American diplomacy in his new book, “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.”

CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Pompeo’s nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2018.

Some senators still have lingering questions about Mike Pompeo as secretary of state

Global Politics

Sen. Bob Menendez says he will support Mike Pompeo if the CIA director wins Senate approval and becomes America’s next top diplomat. But the Democratic senator from New Jersey says there are good reasons for him to vote “no” on Pompeo’s nomination.