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The two general licenses issued by the department are aimed at alleviating the crushing U.S. sanctions placed on the Taliban from impacting Afghan civilians.

CNBC generated specific predictions about the four Quad nations, China and other countries and territories with a stake in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on eight members of the notorious Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel.

Macron has also agreed to send France’s ambassador to the United States, Philippe Etienne, back to Washington next week.

Biden’s debut address to the UN General Assembly comes as the U.S. strives to rebuild alliances and reclaim a global leadership position.

The U.S., U.K. and Australia last week announced a new security partnership that seeks to strengthen stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

At least 85 U.S. citizens and 79 permanent residents have left Afghanistan since the U.S. completed its troop withdrawal Aug. 31, State Department data says.

France said it will immediately recall its ambassadors to the United States and Australia, in protest of a submarine deal unveiled earlier this week.

The Pentagon originally said the strike killed two ISIS-K fighters believed to be involved in planning attacks against U.S. forces in Kabul. 

The National Guard troops will only deploy upon the request of the Capitol Police and will help man entry points to the Capitol complex.

French officials in Washington canceled a gala at their compound over frustration with the new security partnership between the U.S., U.K. and Australia.

The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Zulma Maria Musso Torres, aka ‘La Patrona,’ the woman in charge of a drug trafficking empire based in Colombia.

France has described Australia’s decision to abruptly end a submarine contract as a “stab in the back.”

The U.S., the U.K. and Australia formed a trilateral security partnership as China grows its military might and influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

The new trilateral security partnership seeks to strengthen stability in the Indo-Pacific region as China expands its military might and influence.

Biden will be accompanied virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley called his Chinese counterpart twice as Trump’s presidency waned to reassure Beijing the U.S. wouldn’t attack.

North Korea launched ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, prompting condemnation from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a contentious congressional hearing on Monday that the Taliban “is the de facto government of Afghanistan.”

Blinken is expected to defend the administration’s handling of the situation by arguing that President Joe Biden was faced with two difficult options: “ending the war or escalating it.”