Foreign Policy

Hamas Releases 24 Hostages After Israel Truce Deal

Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks

November 24, 2023

By Dave Dave

The ICRC in Israel and the occupied territories said that it transported the group of hostages from Gaza to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Antony Blinken appeared to be taken aback by President Joe Biden's description of Xi Jinping as a dictator at a press conference on November 15, 2023. NBC

Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy

November 16, 2023

By Editors Desk

An F-16 from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, one of several U.S. aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt. Don Taggart)

Pentagon announces new nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan

October 30, 2023

By Editors Desk

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October 12, 2023

US and Qatar reach ‘quiet understanding’ not to release $6bn sent to Iran for now, Treasury official tells House Democrats

“We have strict oversight of the funds, and we retain the right to freeze them,” Blinken said.

October 12, 2023

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September 24, 2023

House Republicans, Busy Fighting One Another, Refuse to Host Zelensky

Reflections on a day of self-parody on Capitol Hill.

September 24, 2023

Seasoned Hill watchers believe that support for Ukraine is still there; the bigger problem is the American political calendar. Source photgraph by Chip Somodevilla / Getty

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