U.S. to Pull Out of UNESCO, Again
Worried about past dues and what it calls an anti-Israel bias, Washington is bailing on the group it helped found.
David Bosco
Max Boot
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
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Confidential U.N. Report Accuses Saudi Coalition of Killing Hundreds of Yemeni Kids
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With Obama Gone, Trump Pentagon Resumes Major Egyptian War Game
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Trump doesn't want to call out white supremacists. The FBI already did.
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State Department Withdraws From Top Recruitment Program — Sowing Confusion
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Trump Assigns White House Team to Target Iran Nuclear Deal, Sidelining State Department
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State Department Suspends Yet Another Fellowship Program
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House Bill Would Decimate World Bank Funding
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Private Email of Top U.S. Russia Intelligence Official Hacked
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The Trump Administration Doesn’t Want a Winner for Its Wall Competition
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Trump’s Trolls Are Waging War on America’s Civil Servants
Alt-right bloggers are singling out government employees deemed hostile to the president’s agenda.
Syria Stalls U.N. Investigation Into Chemical Weapons Attack
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Tillerson Ready to Let Russia Decide Assad’s Fate
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U.N. Chief Makes Secret Bid to Win Release of American Detainee in Iran
Can António Guterres succeed where the Obama and Trump administrations have failed?
John Walker Lindh, 'The American Taliban,' Will Go Free In Two Years
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‘I Want to Die in the Shadow of the Flag of an Independent Kurdistan’
President Masoud Barzani plans to hold a referendum to declare a sovereign Kurdish state. But will Iraq — and the United States — allow it to happen?
Masoud Barzani: Why It’s Time for Kurdish Independence
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Trump Weighs Vetoing France’s African Anti-Terrorism Plan
France presses for a swift vote on a U.N. resolution endorsing an African force, betting Washington will back down.
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Trump Discovers Article 5 After Disastrous NATO Visit
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