Saudi leaders decided earlier this month to join Russia in leading a cartel of oil producers to announce cutting production by two million barrels a day, which could raise prices and help Russia.
Author: EDWARD WONG
US Targets Businessmen and Companies in New North Korea Sanctions
The Biden administration is bracing for Kim Jong-un to carry out a nuclear test. It says North Korea has fired 41 ballistic missiles this year, including one over Japan.
Russia Secretly Gave $300 Million to Political Parties and Officials Worldwide, U.S. Says
A U.S. intelligence review found that Russian agencies and figures aimed to exert political influence abroad and sway elections on behalf of the Kremlin.
Biden Puts Defense of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad
President Biden’s foreign policy priority overlaps with a main domestic drive — both made more urgent by the persistent power of China, Russia and Donald J. Trump.
John Sullivan, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Leaves Moscow to Retire
John Sullivan managed the U.S. embassy during its most difficult period in decades — when Moscow forced hundreds of employees to leave and after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Solomon Islands Suspends Visits by Foreign Navies, Raising Concerns Over China
The move comes after top U.S. officials visited the Pacific nation to bolster ties and deliver warnings over its new security agreement with China.
The U.S. State Department and Yale identify 21 detention sites in Russian-controlled territory.
The sites are sometimes used to deport prisoners. And researchers found evidence of disturbed earth on two recent occasions consistent with mass graves.
U.S. Urges Rwanda and Congo to End Support for Warring Militias
Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said he had warned the leaders of both nations over violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
U.S. Presses Congo to Slow Oil-and-Gas Push in Rainforests
The secretary of state’s efforts led to the U.S. and the Democratic Republic of Congo agreeing to have a team look at environmental conservation.