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Ukraine’s Parliament Approves ‘Oligarch Law,’ Day After Attack On Presidential Aide (RFE/RL)

Critics of the law passed by the Verkhovna Rada have warned that the proposed legislation opens the door for subjective targeting Ukrainian lawmakers have approved...

Nothing threatens Putin’s regime more than Ukraine (Daniel N. Hoffman, The Washington Times)

During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House earlier this month, President Biden “firmly committed” to supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity...

Iraqi President warns against complacency in the fight against terrorism (UN News)

He said over the past 40 years alone, Iraq has suffered wars, embargoes, tyranny, genocidal campaigns, as well as “the grip of terrorism over...

Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman With Michael Wilner of McClatchy Washington Bureau (US Department of State)

WENDY R. SHERMAN, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE HARRY S. TRUMAN BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. QUESTION:  All right, so joining us is Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State,...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at Top of Meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Nations (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  (In progress.) – from Asia, good evening.  Thank you all for being willing to meet on short notice in this hybrid format. ...

UNICEF: Haiti children vulnerable to ‘violence, poverty and displacement’ (UN News)

© UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier. Family sits in the rubble of the house they lost in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti “When children and families are...

Counselor Chollet’s Meeting with Burmese Representatives (US Department of State)

The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Counselor Derek Chollet met today in New York with Burmese UN Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun. He...

Iran ‘won’ the war with Iraq but at a heavy price (Barbara Slavin, Abbas Kadhim, Atlantic Council)

When Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, many in the region and the wider world were not particularly sorry. One Arab diplomat at...

Mourned by some, cursed by others, former President Bouteflika left Algeria ill-prepared for the future (Andrew G. Farrand, Atlantic Council)

Shortly before midnight on September 17, news began circulating in Algeria that the country’s longest-serving former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, had passed away. While tales of...

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