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Matt Spetalnick

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ARTICLES BY MATT SPETALNICK

The move comes after President Joe Biden on his first full day in office in January issued a national security memorandum calling for his administration to undertake a review of U.S. sanctions programs. (AFP)

US issues new guidance to ease COVID-19 assistance to countries hit by sanctions

2 min read . 18 Jun 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Biden announced that he wants all American adults to be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by April 19, citing a target date all but two states are already set to meet. Photographer: Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

US to restore about $150 million in aid to Palestinians: Report

2 min read . 07 Apr 2021

TikTok has emerged as a flashpoint in the dispute between the world's two largest economies. (REUTERS)

Donald Trump to give TikTok's Chinese owner 45 days to agree sale: Report

3 min read . 03 Aug 2020

Trump also raised questions about a Wuhan virology laboratory (Bloomberg)

Trump warns of consequences if China is 'knowingly responsible' for coronavirus

3 min read . 19 Apr 2020

US President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)

Donald Trump tweets he might be willing to testify in impeachment inquiry

1 min read . 18 Nov 2019

Tension over North Korea’s tests of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile surged last year and raised fears of US military action against Pyongyang. Photo: Reuters

North Korea tells US it’s prepared to discuss denuclearisation: report

3 min read . 09 Apr 2018

The White House is expected to tout the move as part of Donald Trump’s “Buy American” initiative to create jobs and reduce US trade deficit. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump to boost exports of lethal drones to more US allies

5 min read . 20 Mar 2018

A meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump would be a major turnaround after a year in which North Korea has carried out a battery of tests aimed at developing a nuclear missile capable of hitting the US mainland. Photo: AP

Donald Trump to meet Kim Jong Un by May on North Korea denuclearization

4 min read . 09 Mar 2018

Donald Trump has the legal authority to direct government embassy ‘security assistance officers,’ both military personnel and civilians, to do more to help drive arms sales. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales

5 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Israel captured Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed it, an action not recognised internationally. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel capital

4 min read . 06 Dec 2017

Opposition supporters clash with riot security forces during a rally against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Venezuela Supreme Court judges hit with US sanctions

3 min read . 19 May 2017

THAAD is a US Army anti-ballistic missile system which is designed to shoot down short, medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach. Photo: Reuters

US forges ahead with South Korea missile defences, despite upheaval

2 min read . 11 Mar 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the congress of the ruling Workers’ Party last month where North Korea declared itself “a responsible nuclear weapons state”. Photo: Reuters

North Korea has restarted plutonium production for nuclear bombs: US official

3 min read . 08 Jun 2016

Barack Obama shakes hands with Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the atomic bombing and chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation of A-bomb Sufferers Organization. Photo: AP

Barack Obama mourns dead in Hiroshima, calls for world without nuclear arms

3 min read . 27 May 2016

US President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP

US lifts arms ban on Vietnam as regional tensions simmer

4 min read . 23 May 2016

Obama urged world leaders to do more to safeguard vulnerable nuclear facilities to prevent ‘madmen’ from groups like Islamic State from getting their hands on an atomic weapon. Photo: Bloomberg

‘Madmen’ must not be allowed to get nuclear material: Obama

4 min read . 02 Apr 2016

US President Barack Obama takes part in a trilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korea’s President Park Geun-Hye on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. Photo: AFP

US, Japan, South Korea warn North Korea over ‘provocations’

4 min read . 01 Apr 2016

US President Barack Obama and Cuba's President Raul Castro hold their first meeting on the second day of Obama's visit to Cuba, ending five decades of Cold War-era animosity. Photo: Reuters

Obama meets Castro in the heart of revolutionary Havana

3 min read . 21 Mar 2016

A file photo showing Taiwan’s military firing artillery from self-propelled Howitzers. Photo: AP

Obama administration authorizes $1.38 bn arms sale to Taiwan

3 min read . 18 Dec 2015

Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations was gathering ideas from members towards a joint counter-terror strategy. Photo: Reuters

UN chief urges Russia, US to cooperate on terrorism

2 min read . 22 Nov 2015