International Affairs

The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed a deadly attack against Chinese citizens in Pakistan, the latest sign of growing instability in Afghanistan affecting neighbors.

While our deep entanglement with China's economy makes broad sanctions hard to implement, trade can still be a useful "stick" to punish and ideally change behavior—if used wisely.

The last official ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, was removed by former President Donald Trump in May 2019.

Russia's ambassador to the U.S. condemned the $800 million arms package to Ukraine, saying "this is a huge figure."

According to Ukraine's ombudswoman, Russian forces are forcibly deporting Ukrainians by taking them to filtration camps in the Donetsk region and then transporting them to Russian territory.

"Unfortunately, some extremist forces are embarking on racial and ethnic disparities in Afghanistan for their own narrow political objectives," Iran's U.N. mission told Newsweek.

Given the current state of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the crimes against humanity, it is recommended that normative recognition of war crimes as genocide should not be delayed any further.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the Phoenix Ghost tactical drones "very nicely" suit the needs of the Ukrainian military.

Shortly after Biden was declared winner of the 2020 election, the French far-right presidential candidate said she "absolutely" did not recognize the victory.

Russia's "filtration camps" for Ukrainians and China's "education centers" for Uyghurs benefit from active disinformation campaigns from both countries.

British defense ministry says Moscow wants "significant successes" ahead of the annual WW2 commemoration.

"The One-China policy is the political foundation for China to develop friendly relations with other countries," Chinese embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek.

A Sixth Fleet spokesperson told Newsweek that the U.S. Navy works "to ensure security and stability in the Baltics, and that work continues unabated by the current situation."

Chiu Kuo-cheng said Taiwan would study potential alterations to China's long-standing military plans to capture the democratic island.

The far-right presidential candidate has long been an admirer of Putin, but has sought to distance herself from Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government has been cautious in its diplomacy with China, allowing Western partners to do the criticizing instead.

Is there any middle ground available?

This Easter, as part of festivities, you can donate to charities like the World Food Program, CARE, CRS, Mercy Corps, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children, Edesia and others fighting global hunger.

"We want to make sure that we lead in technology, not China," Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California told Newsweek.

Modern government requires mobile messaging apps, but the public demands transparency and a digital paper trail.

As the situation in Eastern Europe intensifies, Sweden might try to fall back on its neutrality once again. But this time it might not be that easy.

"Let us die with our own medicine," a senior Cuban official tells Newsweek, demanding the U.S. lift its 60-year embargo as tensions worsen over war in Ukraine.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said "we sincerely hope" that "the American people can truly live without gunshots, discrimination and fear."

"If there was a conflict in the Pacific, we simply do not have the American vessels necessary to sustain the fight," Congressman John Garamendi told Newsweek.

Over the past few years, COVID-19, climate events and new political conflicts have demonstrated that global shocks are becoming the new normal. Agricultural industries like coffee need a strong pipeline of innovations to reduce risk.

An IDF official said that "there isn't one guiding hand to these attacks," meaning Israel was now facing "a different kind of activity."

Even though ethnic and national minority issues have created severe turbulence in the past century, they are often swept under the carpet.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan blamed the opposition's attempts to oust him as being part of a "foreign conspiracy."

A Pakistan official told Newsweek that the no-confidence vote to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan was "a parliamentary process as per the constitution."

"Our task is to put an end to the genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime and ensure a nuclear-free and neutral status of Ukraine," Russian envoy Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek.