Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Foreign Affairs Reporter, HuffPost
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What The U.S. Can Learn From Other Countries Battling White Supremacy
As other Western democracies take steps to prevent violent far-right extremism, the Trump administration is moving backward.
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Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions On Iran's Foreign Minister
The move against Javad Zarif threatens the chances of diplomacy to reduce tensions between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic.
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Why 5 Freshman Democrats Sided With Trump And Saudi Arabia On A Key Yemen Vote
The split by lawmakers with national security backgrounds shows the risk of party fractures growing over foreign policy.
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Arab Diplomat Close To White House Insulted Trump Long Before UK Ambassador
Yousef Al Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates, a confidante of Jared Kushner, said watching Trump speak was "a waste of my time," emails leaked in 2017 showed.
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Joe Biden Lays Out Foreign Policy Plan To 'Repair’ Trump’s Damage
“Donald Trump’s brand of ‘America first’ has too often led to ‘America alone,’” the Democratic presidential hopeful said.
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Blame Mitch McConnell If Saudi Arabia Escapes Accountability For Khashoggi And Yemen
House Democrats are beginning a process to mandate the first formal pressure on Saudi Arabia through a must-pass bill. Sen. McConnell will decide if it survives.
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Two 2020 Long Shots Exposed Hard Truths About Democrats' Foreign Policy
A tussle between Reps. Tim Ryan and Tulsi Gabbard over Afghanistan shows the party isn't yet being honest about what it does when it gains power.
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Cory Booker Says He Won't Necessarily Rejoin Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal
The senator from New Jersey said he would try to craft a new agreement to address international concerns over the Islamic Republic's nuclear capability.
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Trump Stays Silent As American Rots In Conditions That Killed Egypt’s Former President
Advocates for Mustafa Kassem worry he could meet the same fate as Mohammed Morsi, the first elected leader in the Arab world, who died in a courtroom Monday.
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Obama, Trump And Saudi Arabia Devastated Yemen. Congress Is Acting. Slowly.
After tough negotiations with GOP and Democratic leaders, critics of the military intervention got their first chance to debate it in the House.
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Riz Ahmed, Mindy Kaling, Aziz Ansari And Others Launch Appeal For Rohingya
More than a million members of Myanmar's Rohingya community face government persecution including eviction, torture and rape.
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White House Lawyer Represented Arrested Saudi Billionaire Trump Called 'Dopey'
The Saudi government is holding Ty Cobb's old client Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a critic of President Donald Trump, on charges of corruption.
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Will The U.S. Ever Win The War In Afghanistan?
The American consciousness simply has no conception, not even a Trumpian illusion, of what “winning” looks like.
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GOP Senator Stalls Trump Nominee Over Saudi Handling Of U.S. Aid For Starving Yemenis
A U.S.-backed coalition led by the Saudis is impeding the delivery of cranes for a key port in Yemen.
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Celebrities And Experts Push Congress To End Trump's Support For Saudi Carnage In Yemen
With a House vote this week, a diverse group -- including Mark Ruffalo, Alice Walker, Laurence Tribe and FreedomWorks -- is getting involved.
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Tea Party-Aligned Group Helping Push Congress To Debate U.S. Role In Yemen War
Opposition to the war unites libertarians and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. But GOP leaders may try to block a vote.
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Egypt Is Holding US Green Card Holders In Solitary Confinement Without Charges
A middle-aged couple is caught up in a power play involving President Trump, Qatar, the Muslim Brotherhood and the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.
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Team Trump Joins The President's Assault On San Juan Mayor
Top officials Steve Mnuchin and Mick Mulvaney are among those attacking Carmen Yulín Cruz.
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John Kasich Hints That He May Need To Leave The GOP
The Ohio governor also noted that Americans seem enthusiastic about the idea of candidates outside the two main parties.
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Paul Ryan On Trump And Race: 'His Heart's In The Right Place'
He thinks the president has reflected since Charlottesville -- a period in which Trump has attacked NFL players and Puerto Rican officials.