Foreign policy

Muslim leaders expand campaign to abandon Biden in 2024 over Israel-Hamas war

Muslim leaders announced on Saturday that they are going national with an effort to dissuade voters from reelecting President Joe…

With hopes of victory fading, Ukraine’s war against Russia could get even harder in 2024

At the start of 2023, hopes were high that a much-vaunted Ukrainian counteroffensive — expected to be launched in the…

U.S. takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for Washington to impose sanctions on financial…

Russia vows to retaliate if EU gives frozen assets to Kyiv; Ukraine hit with overnight drone attack

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russia on Thursday vowed to retaliate in kind…

Houthi attacks rocking Red Sea trade routes likely won’t end anytime soon. Here’s what could happen next

Drone and missile attacks by Yemen-based Houthi militants have upended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, a narrow…

‘I am a mother and cannot bring my son home’: Thousands of Ukrainian POWs are missing months after capture

“Every day, regardless of whether it is an anniversary or not, I feel pain about the captivity of my only…

U.S. swaps Maduro ally for ‘Fat Leonard’ in Venezuela prisoner exchange

The United States on Wednesday released from jail an accused money launderer close to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in exchange…

Feds raided Rudy Giuliani’s home and office in 2021 over Ukraine suspicions, unsealed papers show

A 2021 federal raid on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office was spurred by suspicions that the former New York City…

Kremlin calls Ukraine peace plan ‘absurd,’ U.S. says it will tighten Russian oil price cap enforcement

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russia launched its fifth air attack on the…

Zelenskyy ‘confident’ U.S. funding will come through as White House warns aid about to expire

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. U.S. aid to Ukraine is running low and…