With only two days remaining before its expiry date, the Biden administration officially extended the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and the Russian Federation.
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Al-Qaeda’s second in command, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was confirmed to have been shot and killed in Tehran, Iran, on August 7, reports The New York Times, citing U.S. intelligence officials.
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The World Food Programme recently won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its contributions in combating global food insecurity, writes Al Jazeera. Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said “In the face of the pandemic, the World Food Programme has demonstrated an impressive ability to intensify its efforts,” according to The New York Times.
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On February 20 Wired reported that two weeks after the Diamond Princess cruise ship left from Yokohama, Japan, 542 passengers and crew members tested positive for COVID-19, commonly known as the Coronavirus.
Read MoreIn what could be the beginning of the end to a nearly 18-year war, the U.S. and the Taliban are negotiating the terms to a truce.
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Since July of 2018, there had been threats back and forth between the U.S. and the Chinese Governments. However, on January 22, 2020, in Washington D.C., President Trump and China’s Vice Premier Liu He took the first step towards a more definite, binding, and peaceful agreement.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled against states being able to pass their own net neutrality laws.
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Nearly three decades after its closure following the outbreak of civil war, the United States has officially reopened its embassy in Somalia.
Read MoreOn Thursday, November 7, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Middle Eastern Studies Program organized a lecture on Dr. Roham Alvandi’s book Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War.
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Trump will keep some U.S. forces in Syria to protect the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province while abandoning the Kurds and the SDF to Turkey’s wrath. This move demonstrates that the U.S. will not likely relinquish control of the oil fields anytime soon.
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