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US foreign policy

  • President Joe Biden looks on as Evan Gershkovich, released from detention in Russia, is greeted by his mother Ella Milman.

    The Observer view on the US-Russia prisoner swap: release brought joy but there is a downside too

  • An oil storage facility ablaze in Hodeida, Yemen, after Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for a Houthi drone attack that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.

    Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East?

  • A portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is displayed during a demonstration in the Lebanese city of Sidon.

    Middle East crisis live
    Middle East crisis: Iran vows ‘severe’ revenge against Israel as US deploys jets and warships to region – as it happened

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said retaliation for Ismail Haniyeh assassination in Tehran would come ‘at an appropriate time, place and manner’
  • Venezuela presidential candidate Edmundo González, centre, with opposition leader María Corina Machado, left, in front of UN headquarters during a rally in Caracas this week after the disputed election

    Venezuela: Blinken congratulates González on winning election as more countries come out against Maduro

    US secretary of state also voices concern for opposition candidate’s safety while Venezuelan government accuses Washington of leading ‘coup attempt’
  • Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu standing beside each other

    Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations

    Hamas killing is further snub to Biden administration, which does not share methods or objectives of Israeli leader
  • File photo of a US Osprey landing on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea

    US bolsters military presence in Middle East as threat of regional escalation intensifies

  • Gershkovich waves at the bottom of the steps of a silver aircraft at night

    After 16 months behind bars, my friend Evan Gershkovich is free

  • a woman in a suit speaks to a crowd of people

    Key Black Muslim group backs Kamala Harris for president over Gaza stance

  • A Guantanamo detainee's feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a "Life Skills" class at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.

    The Guardian view on Guantánamo Bay: betraying the victims of terrorism too

  • Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is a Russian state assassin

  • I feel joy at my friend Evan Gershkovich’s release. But the anger lingers

    Margaret Sullivan
  • The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Venezuela election: US recognises opposition candidate Edmundo González as winner

  • Evan Gershkovich release: Biden and Harris greet Americans freed after prisoner swap

  • Evan Gershkovich is free – and keen to raise plight of Russian political prisoners

  • 'It's overwhelming': WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich returns to US in Russia prisoner swap – video

  • Prisoner swaps between Russia and west started in 1962 during cold war

  • Biden and Harris greet freed Americans after biggest Russia prisoner swap since cold war - video

  • Hugs and tears as Evan Gershkovich and other US citizens return home after prisoner swap - video

  • Russian TV shows US journalist Gershkovich leaving Russia

    Russia frees Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap since cold war

    Numerous foreigners and Russian political prisoners released as Germany frees hitman Vadim Krasikov as part of exchange
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