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Foreign relations of the Holy See
Foreign relations of the Holy See: diplomacy of the Catholic Church's central government, distinct from Vatican City State. 184 partner states (2025), UN observer since 1964, Lateran Treaty 1929, US ties 1984, no relations with China since 1951.
Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
Foreign relations of the United Kingdom: the FCDO-led diplomacy of a post-Brexit middle power, covering the EU reset, the US special relationship, China engagement, NATO defence commitments, and Ukraine.
Foreign relations of the United States
Foreign relations of the United States: diplomacy and policy conducted under presidential authority via the State Department, documented in the FRUS series since 1861, spanning alliances, sanctions, and recent strains with allies.
Foreign relations of Turkey
The foreign relations of Turkey are the diplomatic, security, and economic ties of the Republic of Türkiye, a NATO member since 1952 with the world's third largest diplomatic network.
Foreign relations of Ukraine
Foreign relations of Ukraine: diplomacy since 1991 independence, from multi-vector balancing between Russia and the West to EU accession negotiations (candidate 2022, clusters opened 2026), NATO partnership, and wartime ties with the US and EU.
Foreign relations of Vietnam
Foreign relations of Vietnam: Hanoi's bamboo diplomacy and Four No's policy of non-alignment and hedging; normalized US ties in 1995, Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships with the US (2023) and EU (2026), South China Sea disputes with its largest trade partner China.
Foreign Secretary (India)
Foreign Secretary of India: administrative head of the Ministry of External Affairs and head of the Indian Foreign Service, first among its four Secretaries. Incumbent Vikram Misri since 15 July 2024, extended to 14 July 2027.
Foreign terrorist fighter resolutions (Security Council Resolutions 2178 and 2396)
The foreign terrorist fighter resolutions, UN Security Council Resolutions 2178 and 2396, obligate all UN member states to criminalize, detect, and manage cross-border terrorist travel.
Foreign Tongues
Foreign Tongues is the Rolling Stones' 25th studio album, released 10 July 2026 on Polydor, produced by Andrew Watt, recorded at Metropolis Studios, featuring Charlie Watts posthumously and guests McCartney, Winwood, and Robert Smith; a deluxe edition, Loose Lips, follows in November.
Foreign trade multiplier
The foreign trade multiplier is the ratio of the change in a country's national income to an initial change in exports, reduced by import and saving leakages.
Foreign trade of India
Foreign trade of India is the exchange of merchandise and services between India and the rest of the world, with record total exports of USD 825.3 billion in FY2024/25.
Foreign trade of the United States
The foreign trade of the United States is its exchange of goods and services with other countries, about $7.8 trillion in 2025, with a large goods deficit and services surplus.
Foreign-born population of the United Kingdom
Foreign-born population of the United Kingdom: residents born outside the UK, also called the non-UK born population. Estimated 13.12 million (19%) in 2024; top 2021 countries of birth India, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, Ireland.
Foreign-exchange reserves of India
India's foreign-exchange reserves are the foreign currency, gold, SDRs, and IMF assets held by the Reserve Bank of India, worth USD 691.11 billion at end-March 2026, the world's fourth-largest pile.
Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by Mick Jones, with Lou Gramm. Known for "I Want to Know What Love Is" and the 1981 album 4; Rock Hall class of 2024; current lineup has no original members.
Foreigner (Foreigner album)
Foreigner (1977) is the Anglo-American rock band Foreigner's Atlantic Records debut, produced by Gary Lyons and John Sinclair. It hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200, went multi-platinum in the US, and spun off "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice."
Foreigner discography
Foreigner discography: nine studio albums (1977–2009) by the British-American rock band Foreigner, from the 5x-platinum debut Foreigner through Double Vision, 4 (10 weeks at No. 1), Agent Provocateur with "I Want to Know What Love Is," and Can't Slow Down; over 80 million records sold.
Foreland basin
A foreland basin is a sedimentary basin beside a mountain belt, formed when the range's weight bends the lithosphere into a trough; the term was introduced in 1974.
Foremost Formation
Foremost Formation: basal formation of the Belly River Group in southern Alberta, Canada, named by Dowling (1915). Sandstone, siltstone, and coal deposited paralic to fluvial during the Claggett regression, overlain by the Oldman Formation.
Forendo Pharma
Forendo Pharma Oy was a clinical-stage drug development company in Turku, Finland, founded in 2013 to develop treatments for endometriosis and other women's health conditions.
Forensic (2020 film)
Forensic (ഫോറന്സിക്) is a 2020 Malayalam-language Indian crime thriller, the directorial debut of Akhil Paul and Anas Khan, starring Tovino Thomas as forensic expert Samuel John Kaattookaran and Mamta Mohandas, released 28 February 2020 and remade in Hindi on Zee5 in 2022.
Forensic (2022 film)
Forensic (2022), also Forensic: The Truth Lies Within, is a Hindi ZEE5 original crime thriller directed by Vishal Furia, starring Radhika Apte and Vikrant Massey, remaking the 2020 Malayalam film Forensic, released 24 June 2022.
Forensic accounting
Forensic accounting, also called forensic accountancy, applies accountants' specialized knowledge and investigative skills to collect, analyze, and evaluate evidence for use in courts, boardrooms, and other legal venues.
Forensic anthropology
Forensic anthropology applies skeletal analysis to medicolegal identification, producing a biological profile of sex, age, ancestry, and stature. Key facts: FADAMA casework accuracy 83-98%; AAFS Anthropology Section 1972; ABFA certification 1977; growing OSAC/ASB standards.
Forensic autopsy
A forensic autopsy is a postmortem medical examination performed under legal authority, by a forensic pathologist, to determine the cause and manner of death, retrieve evidence, and identify the deceased.
Forensic economics
Forensic economics is the scientific discipline applying economic theory and methods to legal matters, where practitioners quantify damages in dollars as testifying experts in litigation.
Forensic engineering
Forensic engineering is the application of engineering principles to investigate failures and performance problems in buildings, products, and machinery, and to give expert testimony in court.
Forensic entomology
Forensic entomology applies insect and arthropod biology to legal investigations, chiefly estimating minimum postmortem interval via blowfly development and succession; subfields include urban, stored-product, and medicolegal entomology, plus entomotoxicology.
Forensic Files
Forensic Files, also known as Medical Detectives, is an American documentary series that debuted in 1996. It demonstrates how forensic techniques converted physical clues into solved crimes.
Forensic Imaging
Forensic imaging is the use of medical imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, and radiography for legal and forensic medicine purposes, in the living and the dead.