Early last December, opposition fighters led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) entered the Syrian capital of Damascus, capping a lightning offensive that had captured significant territory in just over one ...
The price of bitcoin went over $100,000 for a few hours on Dec. 5, peaking at $103,400. The financial press can’t resist constructing a hand-waving story of market forces, so ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: A top human rights organization changes its stance on intervention in Haiti, new details of the EU-Mercosur trade deal are ...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay—The campaign posters along Artigas Boulevard in the Uruguayan capital were striking, featuring Guido Manini Ríos, a former army chief, grimacing in his military uniform. So was his campaign ...
At a rally on Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, former U.S. President Donald Trump vowed, if elected, to impose tariffs of between 25 and 100 percent on Mexico until it ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The suspicious death of Hunan province’s finance chief sparks speculation in China and beyond, a Japanese student is killed in a knife ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Ecuador boosts regional efforts to create a new security alliance, Mexico passes a polarizing judicial reform, and Peruvians reflect on ...
After winning the elections two years ago, Sweden’s center-right government took over a country plagued by gang violence so severe that in Europe, only Montenegro and Albania are ahead of ...
The United States is grappling with a major fentanyl crisis. Of the more than 100,000 drug-related deaths recorded in 2023, approximately 70 percent are attributed to fentanyl and other synthetic ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions Haiti’s former president, Mexican court workers go on strike, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ...
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