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Two Republicans left House floor calling Ilhan Omar committee removal the ‘stupidest vote in the world’

Two conservative Republicans cricitised the House’s vote to remove Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Photos of the week ending February 3, 2023 - Roll Call

This week was all about getting committees organized, removing Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs and the National Prayer Breakfast.

Roll Call

House votes to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs panel as Democrats cry hypocrisy and ‘racism’ - Roll Call

The House voted 218-211 along party lines to remove Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Ilhan Omar To Be Booted From House Foreign Affairs Committee, Kevin McCarthy Says

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is expected to removed Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from her committee assignment.

Zenger

Iran Sentences Belgian Aid Worker to Prison, Lashes

Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage charges in a closed-door trial, state media reported Tuesday. The website of Iran’s judiciary said a Revolutionary Court sentenced 41-year-old Olivier Vandecasteele to 12.5 years in prison for espionage, 12.5…

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Wong and Yi talk turkey, and lobster

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has tried to keep Australians’ expectations low on what will be achieved in this first visit to China of an Australian minister in three years, and a group of First Nations peoples have lost their fight to stop gas drilling in the Pilliga Forest.

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What’s on the agenda for Penny Wong’s visit to Beijing?

The meeting between China’s and Australia’s foreign affairs ministers offers a salve to frosty relations between the nations in recent years.

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Answering the call of nature

Global negotiators have reached a historic deal at COP15 in Montreal that will protect 30% of the earth’s land and water, and in another historic event Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday.

Crikey

Germany’s Scholz: We Must Avoid Dividing World into Cold War-Style Blocs

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against creating a new Cold War by dividing the world into blocs and called for every effort to be made to build new partnerships, writing in an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs magazine published online on Monday. The West must stand up for democratic values…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany's Scholz: We must avoid dividing world into Cold War-style blocs

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Marles, Wong to visit United States, Japan

The deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister will head overseas to boost peace in the Indo-Pacific amid growing concerns over Chinese influence.

AAP

Fianna Fail TD James O'Connor calls for Jack Chambers to be promoted to senior cabinet position to 'send a signal to young people'

'I think it is very, very important that Fianna Fáil sends a signal that we’re interested in young people'

Irish Mirror

Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade

Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canada’s approach to Asia for the past quarter-century.

The Conversation

After GOP wins House control, Republican leader threatens Rep. Ilhan Omar's committee role

WASHINGTON – Republican Speaker hopeful Kevin McCarthy is vowing to stop Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar from serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee just days after the GOP won control of the U.S. House.

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Three summits jointly boost centrality

Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand with distinctive styles of leadership and diplomatic finesse have succeeded in performing the most difficult somersault in international relations by uniting concerned parties from all sides over the Ukraine war to agree to disagree and then agree to agree. Bravo to the trio of Asean members…

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John M. Crisp: The election was a modest victory for democracy

Adjacent essays in the current issue of Foreign Affairs ably depict America’s two primary international competitors.

Axios

Kevin McCarthy says he'll remove Ilhan Omar from committee assignment

McCarthy vowed to remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her past "anti-semitic and anti-American remarks."

Irish Mirror

Fine Gael ministers dismiss 'voting pact' idea suggested by leader Leo Varadkar

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys both dismissed the idea at their Ard Fheis in Athlone on Saturday.

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Defense-oriented Democrats mostly survive electoral scare

WASHINGTON — Defense-oriented House Democrats, including a cadre of self-described “badass” women with national security backgrounds, were largely unscathed by Tuesday’s election.

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Defense-oriented Democrats mostly survive electoral scare - Roll Call

Republicans targeted several Democratic House members first elected in 2018 with national security backgrounds, but most survived tough races.

Crikey

Australia can’t be naive about human trafficking in Asia

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong’s visit to Thailand is an attempt to repair frosty relations between the nations. But the nation’s culpability regarding human trafficking needs to be addressed.

The Independent UK

No decision yet on election in Northern Ireland, says Coveney

The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister was commenting after holding talks with NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris in Belfast.

Crikey

As Xi wields his big stick, Australia should speak softly to its SE Asian neighbours

Tensions between Beijing and Canberra won’t ease for the foreseeable future, so Australia needs to keep looking for markets elsewhere.

The Independent UK

EU willing to respond ‘comprehensively’ to unionist concerns on NI Protocol

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said an imminent breakthrough in talks between the UK and EU was unlikely.

AAP

Wong slams North Korean missile test

North Korea's latest test missile that overflew Japan has been condemned as "reckless and unacceptable" by Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

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