The North America Section of IR Insider publishes breaking news reports and analysis from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Topics covered in the North America section may range from trade negotiations between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to U.S relations with Russia and beyond. Our section editor is Enzo Repetto.
On Nov. 24, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a trilateral call with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japan Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko from their respective offices. The officials spoke about the recent spy satellite launched by North Korea.
On Oct. 30, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanual announced in an interview with Reuters reporters that the US military had started bulk buying Japanese seafood products banned by China.
After the United States’ closest ally in the Middle East was stunned by a highly coordinated terrorist attack at an unprecedented scale, American politicians from across the political spectrum immediately offered their complete support to Israel, giving the government a greenlight to respond how it sees fit.
On Oct. 12, New Jersey Senator Robert “Bob” Menendez was indicted with a second charge of “Conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent” of Egypt during his term as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
On October 7, several hours after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War, President Biden spoke in the State Dining Room of the White House, pledging “rock solid and unwavering support” for Israel.
President Joe Biden pledged on Thursday to devote $500 million towards the Amazon Fund.
A United States helicopter raid eliminated senior ISIS leader Abd-al-Hadi Mahmud al-Haji Ali in northeast Syria.
Numerous classified U.S. military documents covering intelligence assessments of various foreign governments have been leaked online over the course of the past few months.
United States President Joseph Biden is set to visit Ireland April 11, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
A massive fire erupted last week on the US-Mexico border that took the lives of 38 individuals and injured dozens of others.
On Thursday March 30, former President Donald J. Trump was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan regarding hush-money funds given to adult film star Stormy Daniels while Trump campaigned for President in 2015 and 2016.
In a 66-30 vote, the United States Senate recently voted to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force for Iraq.
In a rare critical statement, the Biden administration has strongly condemned a new Israeli law passed by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.
President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed that she plans to make an unofficial visit to the United States while traveling to Central America.
On March 12, an American MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Black Sea after an apparent confrontation with Russian Air Force jets.
The United States recently bestowed over 60 tons of weapons to Somalia this past Tuesday to be used in their continued war against al-Qaeda.
US President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, almost one year after Russia’s expanded invasion against the country was launched.
After a 10-month ordeal incarcerated in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner finally returned safely to the US on Fri., Dec. 9 in a prisoner exchange with infamous international arms dealer Viktor Bout, otherwise known as the "merchant of death."
Tensions are soaring between the United States and Iran after an Iranian patrol boat was caught attempting to blind US Navy ships.
On Monday, Nov. 28, the White House gave a measured response to the wide-scale protests of Chinese citizens over China’s freshly implemented “zero-Covid” policies and lockdowns following a recent surge in cases.
To strengthen the alliance between US and France, Biden and Macron attended a meeting in the Oval Office and discussed the war in Ukraine.
On Nov. 11, President Biden spoke at the annual UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, known this year as COP27, about the US’ climate commitments and upcoming environmental goals.
US women's basketball star Brittney Griner was transferred to an undisclosed Russian penal colony earlier this week over drug charges, as revealed in a statement on Nov. 9 from her lawyers.
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, seemingly admitted to interfering in the US midterm elections.
On Oct. 6, North Korea fired an “unforeseeable” missile over Japan, and the US and South Korea matched responses.
In an interview with Axios published Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr urged the Council on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to take steps to ban TikTok due to its ownership from ByteDance, a Chinese company.
The United States and Saudi Arabia have been on high alert since yesterday after Saudi officials reportedly discovered Iranian plans to attack the nation’s energy infrastructures.
On Oct. 29, the US finalized the release of Saifullah Paracha, Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner yet, to his home country of Pakistan.
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Russian analyst Igor Danchenko, a primary source within the Trump-Russia dossier, was acquitted on four counts of lying to the FBI about his sources by a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Friction between The United States of America and Saudi Arabia over oil production have further increased with the 16-year sentencing of 72-year old American citizen Saad Ibrahim Almadi.
