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Trump lookin real grouchy

Trump’s G-20 at his Miami golf resort will be an invite-only event

By Piotr Skolimowski, Peter Martin, and others

TOPSHOT – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria’s Assad is under siege and is making overtures to US

By Sam Dagher, Henry Meyer, and others

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – JULY 15: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT – “ROYAL COURT OF SAUDI ARABIA / HANDOUT” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) US President Joe Biden (L) being welcomed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Biden reverses policy on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia as Mideast war upends U.S. priorities

By Peter Martin and Bloomberg

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘We cannot let China get these chips’: Commerce Secretary Raimondo says more funding needed for AI export controls

By Peter Martin and Bloomberg

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – OCTOBER 07: A man passes the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza strip hit a building on October 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) say that Hamas “had begun a massive shooting of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory” which the Palestinian militant group has taken responsibility for. The IDF also say that militants had entered Israeli territory in “different locations”. A counter attack has been launch against Gaza. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Surprise attacks on Israel suggest ‘shocking’ failure of intelligence agencies: ‘It’s highly surprising the Israelis missed that planning’

By Peter Martin and Bloomberg

KHERSON, UKRAINE – JANUARY 16: A residential building stands heavily damaged by a shelling on January 16, 2023 in Kherson, Ukraine. On January 15, the Russian shelling of the city resulted in damage and a fire at the Red Cross office. Russian military, after retreating from the right bank of Kherson Oblast, continue to shell the city of Kherson with mortars, tanks, artillery and MLRS, destroying infrastructure facilities, housing, and killing civilians. (Photo by Vladyslav Kupreev/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

A 21-year-old National Guardsman was just arrested in connection with a massive classified documents leak

By Chris Strohm, Peter Martin, and others

US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit

China keeps rejecting America’s offer to send COVID vaccines as cases spiral amid massive virus outbreak

By Peter Martin, Jenny Leonard, and others

A Taiwanese military corvette fires flares, during a Navy Drill for Preparedness Enhancement ahead of the Chinese New Year, amid escalating Chinese threats to the island, in Keelung, Taiwan, 7 Jan, 2022. With the US approving an increasing number of arms sales to Taipei and China sending more PLA warplanes to cruise around the self governing island, military tensions in the Taiwan Strait have been expected to grow. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

China alarms U.S. with new private warnings to avoid Taiwan Strait: ‘We’re seeing growing coercion from Beijing’

By Peter Martin and Bloomberg

TOPSHOT – Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the U.S. thinks China’s muted response to Russia’s invasion is a bad sign

By Peter Martin, Jenny Leonard, and others

A member of a Territorial Defence unit guards a barricade close to the eastern frontline on March 05, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia continues assault on Ukraine's major cities, including the capital Kyiv, more than a week after launching a large-scale invasion of the country. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Putin: Sanctions ‘akin to a declaration of war’

By Daryna Krasnolutska, Peter Martin, and others

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 18: Anti-epidemic medical experts check in at waiting hall of Shanghai Pudong International Airport as they leave for Italy on March 18, 2020 in Shanghai, China. An anti-epidemic medical expert team of 13 people as wells as 17.3 tons of anti-epidemic supplies, departed on Wednesday from China's Shanghai for Milan to help contain novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy. (Photo by Yin Liqin/China News Service via Getty Images)

‘Health Silk Road:’ China showers Europe with coronavirus aid as both spar with Trump

By Alan Crawford, Peter Martin, and others

Hong Kong Marks China's National Day

‘No Force Can Stop the Chinese People’: Xi Celebrates 70 Years of Communist Rule as Police Clash With Hong Kong Protestors

By Annie Lee, Peter Martin, and others