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U.S. Fails to Assess Civilian Deaths in Yemen War, Internal Report Says
The strikes have hit hospitals, schools, buses and a funeral hall, among other sites. On Jan. 21, an airstrike on a prison run by the Houthis killed at least 70 people and injured dozens of others, according to Houthi officials and international aid groups. More than 150,000 people have been killed in the war, including […]
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Jill Biden’s Secret Ukraine Trip
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — Jill Biden, the first lady, traveled to western Ukraine in an unannounced trip on Sunday, the latest show of support from the United States, which in recent weeks has significantly increased military aid for Ukraine and sent others close to President Biden into the country. Dr. Biden met Ukraine’s first lady, Olena […]
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Plead Guilty to Illegal Lobbying and Hiding Gifts
The other lobbying effort in which Mr. Olson was involved occurred after Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar in 2017 and blocked flights and ships from Qatar from using their airspace and sea lanes. The rupture became an international crisis. American military officials had to scramble to deal with […]
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Biden to Lead Tributes to Madeleine Albright
WASHINGTON — President Biden and much of the nation’s top leadership will gather on Wednesday to pay tribute to former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright at a time when the West is confronting the very rise of authoritarianism she often warned about. Mr. Biden, who is leading an international coalition backing Ukraine in its […]
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U.S. Report Describes a Global Retreat on Human Rights
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Tuesday that governments around the world, including in Russia and China, grew more repressive last year, as the State Department released its annual report on global human rights. The department’s 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices echoes President Biden’s warnings that authoritarianism is on […]
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Trump Officials Failed to Provide Accounting of Foreign Gifts
A spokesman for Mr. Trump did not respond to an email seeking comment. In February, it was revealed that classified documents and gifts from the White House had been improperly taken to Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, a matter federal authorities are now in the preliminary stages of investigating. Around that time, the House […]
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U.S. to Declare That Myanmar’s Military Committed Genocide
WASHINGTON — Five years after Myanmar’s military began a killing spree against ethnic Rohingya, driving nearly one million people from their country, the United States has concluded that the widespread campaign of rape, crucifixions, and drownings and burnings of families and children amounted to genocide. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is set to announce […]
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Diplomacy Quickens to Halt Ukraine War or Stop Its Expansion
LONDON — Diplomatic activity quickened on multiple fronts Monday as Russia’s war on Ukraine entered an uncertain new phase, with President Vladimir V. Putin’s forces widening their bombardment of Kyiv and other cities, hundreds of civilians escaping the devastated port of Mariupol, and the United States warning China over its deepening alignment with an isolated […]
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Poland’s Fraught Offer: Fighter Jets for Ukraine, but Only Through U.S. Hands
President Biden’s commitment to keeping the United States from engaging in direct combat with Russian forces faced an unexpected test this week, when Poland surprised American officials by offering to turn over its collection of aging, Russian-made MIG fighters, for ultimate transfer to Ukraine. But the offer came with a hitch: Poland refused to give […]
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