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Insurance for cargo and oil vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz has skyrocketed. How can insurers help us understand the realities …

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Peruvians vote in presidential elections, Mexico makes moves to start …

Juba, South Sudan – Growing up, Khloe Nyanda and the women and girls around her were taught “to be small and not …

Somalia’s population is experiencing severe food insecurity after three years of drought. Now, the war in the Middle East means the import-dependent …

In early 2023, several years after the winding down of the campaign of mass internment that ran from 2017 to 2019, local …

NewsFeed A source has told Al Jazeera that Pakistan is expecting a breakthrough tied to Iran’s nuclear programme as Islamabad helps negotiate …

Comrades, relatives and friends of Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco, who was reportedly killed in combat in southern Lebanon, attend his …

After debating whether it was about regime change, nuclear weapons, or the defanging of regional proxies, the United States and Israel’s war …

Police in France have arrested students at Sorbonne University, Sciences Po and Paris-Saclay University during a sit-in against a controversial anti-Semitism bill …

Aziz Abu Sarah (left) and Maoz Inon in Jaffa, Israel, in January. Their new book, The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey …

If war with Iran becomes the issue that fractures the MAGA coalition, the historical irony would be considerable. Iran’s central role in …

Bill is unlikely to pass in Republican-controlled US Senate, but it could test waning support for Israel among Democrats. Published On 13 …

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Despite heavily tilting the electoral playing field in its favor—through extreme gerrymandering, extensive use of state resources for partisan ends, near-total media …

Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities say the United States needs to do more if an agreement is to be made to end …

At a concert in Budapest, musicians and concertgoers express criticism of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s leadership. ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: This week …

Traffic at the Strait of Hormuz largely remains stuck in the wake of the cease-fire deal between the United States and Iran, …

NewsFeed Lebanon held funeral ceremonies for 13 members of the country’s State Security agency, killed with 6 others in an Israeli air …

Vice President Vance meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 7, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide …

I cut my teeth as a Middle East scholar in places such as Damascus, Syria; Ramallah in the West Bank; Ankara, Turkey; …

About 10,000 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings during Israel’s genocidal war. Six months into …

What do people who follow foreign affairs make of the war with Iran and the president’s foreign policy? NPR spoke with a …

When talk show host Stephen Colbert was looking for someone to explain the U.S. war with Iran to his Late Show audience …

Around 3,000 worshippers entered Al-Aqsa for the morning prayer on Thursday, after Israel lifted restrictions. Published On 9 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 …

Until a few years ago, Ben Roberts-Smith was one of Australia’s most celebrated war heroes. But now, he will stand trial for …

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly announced a two-week cease-fire with Iran—on the condition that it reopen the Strait of Hormuz—just …

Washington, DC – Politicians in the United States have largely welcomed the truce with Iran, with some of President Donald Trump’s Republican …

A man sits among buildings destroyed in a joint attack by Israel and the United States in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Majid …

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Southeast Asia faces spiking food prices, Myanmar’s top general becomes president, …

NewsFeed ‘It’s a historic day… but don’t forget to enjoy the view.’ Four astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission have broken …