President Biden’s inability to push his ambitious climate agenda through Congress casts a shadow over his message of urgency to the world.

China warns the United States that the ongoing political tensions between the two countries could undermine efforts to combat climate change.

US climate envoy John Kerry reaffirms Washington’s confidence in Japan’s plan to release contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

January the 3rd Major General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by a US drone-strike in Baghdad. And towards the year-end a nuclear scientist, Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated.

The Trump 2020 reelection campaign has attacked former US Secretary of State John Kerry over his role in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal.

The 1799 Logan Act, which criminalizes negotiations by unauthorized persons with foreign governments having a dispute with the US, is used for political blustering, American political analyst Myles Hoenig says.

The US administration violated international law by withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement, an analyst says.