BRUSSELS: NATO marks its 70th birthday at a summit next week but the celebration looks likely to be the scene of bitter personal and political combat....
HELSINKI: The United Nations may have ranked Finland the happiest country in the world, but the Helsinki summit failed to make U.S. President Donald Trump and...
WASHINGTON: When U.S. President Donald Trump launches into one of his tweetstorms it sometimes seems like the diplomatic world is gasping in unison – but not...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump erupted onto the global stage under the isolationist banner “America First” – bent on tearing the multilateral world order...
WASHINGTON: With Daesh (ISIS) routed at last, one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East has a chance to reoccupy its ancestral towns. But the...
WASHINGTON: Daesh (ISIS) may be on the run from its last bastion in Syria but the United States is gearing up for a longer stay in the country. And if U.S....
Washington: The CIA on Wednesday released a vast archive of intimate Al-Qaeda documents, including Osama Bin-Laden's handwritten diary, seized in the deadly...
WASHINGTON: As Turkish troops ostensibly hunting Daesh (ISIS) fighters shelled a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia inside Syria Thursday, analysts warned that...
Antalya, Turkey: The United States scrambled Friday to avert a rift with its ally Turkey after AFP pictures revealed US commandos operating in Syria wearing...
WASHINGTON: After five years of bloodshed and hundreds of thousands of deaths, Syria’s unlikely cessation of hostilities could make or break international...
WASHINGTON: Washington’s single-minded pursuit of the Iran nuclear deal damaged its alliance with Saudi Arabia, experts say, and fed the escalating...
WASHINGTON: As the world watches drowned refugees wash up on Europe's beaches, the United States is also under pressure to do more to help the desperate...
WASHINGTON: “Please enter the required information accurately and truthfully. Write clearly and legibly. Name, age, marital status. Do you wish to execute a...
WASHINGTON: American journalist James Foley was a beloved companion to colleagues in dangerous corners of the Middle East and battled to tell the human...
WASHINGTON: They were the men who were to remake the Middle East, but 10 years on, the alliance of politicians and neo-conservative thinkers who launched the...
UNITED NATIONS: President Barack Obama delivered an unapologetic defense of American values and his under-fire Arab Spring policy, speaking to U.S. voters...
UNITED NATIONS: Fears that the Syrian civil war and the Iranian nuclear stand-off could provoke wider international conflict dominated the debate on Monday as...
PARIS: In her towering heels and elegant but simple dark dress Valerie Trierweiler looked very much the part as she assumed her role as the new mistress of...
PARIS: France's president-elect Francois Hollande faced an immediate economic challenge on Monday as turmoil in Greece and doubts about his own plans...
PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched fierce assaults on Socialist rival Francois Hollande in their debate four days before their election clash,...
PARIS: The frontrunners in France's presidential race, right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, summoned...
PARIS: France's Socialist presidential challenger Francois Hollande rode a wave of confidence Friday towards the last weekend before polling day, as he...
PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy warned French voters Thursday they should re-elect him as president to pursue his cost-cutting plans or face the kind of debt crises...
PARIS: Opponents of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy accused him Wednesday of stage-managing a high-profile round-up of suspected Islamists in order to...
PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election campaign, which gathered momentum last month as France confronted Islamist extremism, this week turns to the issue...