Foreign

Foreign may refer to:

Foreign corporation, a corporation that can do business outside its jurisdiction

Foreign key, a constraint in a relational database

Foreign language, a language not spoken by the people of a certain place

Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries

Foreign film, also known as world cinema, are films and film industries of non-English speaking countries

Foreign accent syndrome, a side effect of severe brain injury

Foreign Policy, a magazine

Ministry of foreign affairs

Music

"Foreign", song by Jessica Mauboy from her 2010 album Get 'Em Girls

"Foreign" (Trey Songz song), 2014

Latest News for: Foreign forces

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China fast-tracks foreign investment law as US trade talks begin

Asiatimes 15 Feb 2019

The law enumerates rules to better protect foreign firms doing business in China, and its accelerated passage comes as trade talks are taking place in Washington this week ... “Today, it is quite rare for the types of forced technology transfer of concern to foreign investors to be implemented via administrative measures or other written documents....

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Trump’s DHS has cut task forces set up after 2016 to guard elections against foreign interference

Alternet 15 Feb 2019

Two Homeland Security task forces created to combat foreign election meddling in the wake of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election have been gutted ahead of the 2020 race, The Daily Beast reports. The two task forces were created as part of the Cyber Security and ......

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The fight between Ilhan Omar and Elliott Abrams, Trump’s Venezuela envoy, explained

Vox 15 Feb 2019

It was a sign that the new, more diverse voices into Congress might actually be able to succeed in opening up the foreign ... For the left, it was a story of a young congresswoman bravely taking on the foreign policy establishment and forcing it to account for its grievous past sins....

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Pulwama terror attack: Pakistan’s MFN status withdrawn, Pak HC summoned by India

Yahoo Daily News 15 Feb 2019

This the worst attack on India s security forces in Jammu & Kashmir which is battling with militancy. The State Governor Satya Pal Malik said Friday that intelligence failure was partly responsible for the attack, adding that the security forces were not aware of any training of suicide bombers....

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US approves sale of AEGIS Weapons System to Japan

Asiatimes 15 Feb 2019

According to the statement, “the proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy of national security of the United States by improving the security of a major ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Asia-pacific region” and the sale will ......

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37 killed in Indian Kashmir attack

Korea Times 15 Feb 2019

At least 37 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed on Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir in one the deadliest attacks on government forces there, police said ... The attack saw explosives packed inside a van rip through buses in a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying some 2,500 members of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)....

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Israeli leader's trip to Poland beset by string of missteps

The Columbus Telegram 15 Feb 2019

It didn't get much better for Netanyahu on Polish soil, where some 60 countries took part in the summit, including five Arab foreign ministers making a rare public appearance alongside Netanyahu in a joint show of unity against Iran ... "Foreign policy is not internal politics."....

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US and Chinese officials meet in Beijing for last-ditch effort to end trade war

Lebanon Express 15 Feb 2019

anger at Chinese industrial and trade policies, including accusations that China does not protect American intellectual property, forces foreign companies in China to surrender their technology and subsidizes technological firms in strategic sectors, disadvantaging foreign firms....

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India Blames Pakistan, Demands Action After Kashmir Attack

Radio Free Europe 15 Feb 2019

Hours after the February 14 attack, the Indian Foreign Ministry called on Islamabad to “stop supporting terrorists and terror groups” who use Pakistan as a base and “dismantle the infrastructure operated by terrorist outfits to launch attacks in other countries."....

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Arab officials say Iran issue 'more toxic' than Palestine

Middle East Online 15 Feb 2019

"An Israeli prime minister and the foreign ministers of the leading Arab countries stood together and spoke with unusual force, clarity and unity against the common threat of the Iranian regime," he told reporters on Thursday. Oman's foreign minister said the coming together of Arab states with their traditional foe Israel signalled a "new era"....

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U.S.: Will consult allies on Afghan exit

Arkansas Online 15 Feb 2019

"What we talked about was, how do we double down on support for Afghan national defense and security forces to put even more pressure on the Taliban," Shanahan said ... Still, NATO knows that the Taliban want foreign forces off Afghan soil and that its possible departure could be a powerful bargaining chip in any peace talks....

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ISIS turf in Syria now down to 1 square mile

Arkansas Online 15 Feb 2019

Thousands of people, including many foreign fighters and their families, have emerged from the area in the past few weeks amid ferocious fighting as the U.S.-supported Syrian Democratic Forces closed in from three sides. They include scores of militants who surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday night....

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Marco Rubio: U.S. must hold out for strong deal with China

Winston-Salem Journal 15 Feb 2019

Foreign investors have begun to pull back from China ... But efforts such as fast-tracking the passage of a foreign investment law next month, supposedly to address international alarm about China's forced technology transfers and intellectual-property theft, are just shiny objects intended for the financial markets....