Despite U.S. support, the Afghan government’s surprising new peace offer to the Taliban is immediately running into a wall.
Middle-class Afghans turned militants have assisted the expansion of Daesh (ISIS) from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say,...
President Donald Trump’s move to recognize the divided city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have triggered a worldwide chorus of critics but the...
With his administration on the defensive over investigations into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s election, U.S. President Donald Trump is no longer...
The United States put sanctions on Russia’s main arms exporter, Kremlin aides and the black leather-loving head of a motorcycle gang nicknamed “The Surgeon,”...
A season of goal-setting begins this month as the United Nations launches a new 15-year plan to fight grinding world poverty, improve health and education and...
Otto Perez Molina spent his first night as an ex-president in military custody following a historic day in which he resigned and Guatemala's Congress swore in...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin won’t be on the guest list when President Barack Obama and other world leaders assemble in Germany next week, as part of the...
Any battle between the Russian state and its political opponents has always been an unequal contest, since the state brings an overwhelming superiority to...
As the world’s oil producers wring their hands over a global glut that’s pushing down prices, evidence is mounting that Saudi Arabia is more concerned about...
President Barack Obama is once again faced with the complicated reality of following through on his tough warnings against overseas provocations as the White...
President Barack Obama may not see America and Russia squaring off like diplomatic grandmasters over a Cold War-style chessboard.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s charm offensive has stalled.
The Afghan conflict could overtake Syria as the deadliest conflict in the world this year, analysts say, as violence surges 17 years after the U.S.-led...
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. is “demanding” answers from Saudi Arabia about the disappearance of a well-known Saudi writer and government...