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With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which set in motion their wartime incarceration along with other people of Japanese ancestry…

In a horrific case, a Washington mother has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for starving and torturing her eight-year-old adopted daughter to death, then transporting the child’s body more than 1,000 miles in a rented U-Haul.

A minerals-for-security deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a constitutional challenge in Kinshasa, with critics warning the government may be underselling the country’s vast mineral wealth. The partnership was praised by US President Donald Trump during a visit to Washington last week by…

Stormont Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has confirmed he will travel to Washington DC next month.

As Israeli prime minister Netanyahu visits Washington, concerns over US-Iran talks and potential military escalation are high. Israel warns it will act alone if Iran crosses its red line on ballistic missiles, fearing limited US strikes could leave Iran's core capabilities intact. Netanyahu aims to press for stricter terms on…

When Iranian and US officials met for talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on February 6, many journalists and analysts were speculating as to whether diplomacy will fail and whether war will inevitably follow. But that framing misses the deeper reality of this moment. The more important question is…

A recent mosque bombing in Islamabad highlights Pakistan's security challenges, even as its generals offer Washington access to vast mineral wealth. Insurgents, armed with US-made weapons left in Afghanistan, threaten critical mining projects in Balochistan, complicating Pakistan's strategic mineral diplomacy and its balancing act between China and the US.