by Jacques Abou-Rizk | Aug 11, 2026 | Education, Featured, Foreign Affairs
Nicolas Jaimes was in the middle of taking the LSAT in Amman, Jordan, when he heard the missile strikes. A junior at Cornell, the 20-year-old New York City native had spent less than two months in Jordan for his study abroad program, learning Arabic and...
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by Nicole Cheah | Jun 28, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON – Before U.S. President Donald Trump flew to Beijing last month, Uyghur activist Rushan Abbas hoped the summit would bring a breakthrough for her imprisoned sister, who has been detained in a Chinese prison for nearly eight years. Both the Senate and House...
by Amy L. Wong | May 20, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — China constructed headquarters for a massive Cambodian-based scam network harming victims and is failing to hold them accountable, according to never-before-revealed findings in a bipartisan congressional investigative report released on Tuesday. House...
by Georgia Epiphaniou | May 19, 2026 | Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — At a tenuous moment for the U.S.-Iran war, President Trump rejected Tehran’s terms for a truce proposal Monday. With negotiations stalled and concessions on a ceasefire deal dragging on, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi emphasized that regime change still...
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by George Alexandrakis | May 14, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Dozens of members of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association descended upon Capitol Hill Thursday to advocate for U.S.-Greece and Cyprus security issues, amid a moment where the war in Iran is troubling the entire Eastern Mediterranean...
by Rebecka Eriksdotter Pieder | May 13, 2026 | Agriculture, Economy, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON, May 12 — Farmers and lawmakers called on the Trump administration Tuesday to lift duties on imported phosphate fertilizer, arguing during a Senate hearing that rising fertilizer costs due to the Iran war have hurt U.S. producers who already face tight...
