The Russian economy has been dealing with growing headwinds this year: unruly inflation, a ballooning budget deficit and shrinking energy revenues. But analysts say the Kremlin could weather the storm ...

The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for ...

A United Nations Security Council report released this month has dismissed the Afghan Taliban's claim that militant groups are not using Afghan territory for cross-border violence, calling the ...

"Once a president establishes for himself that he has a shiny toy, good luck getting that toy ever wrested away from whoever ...

Themes of home, displacement, migration, eviction are explored in heart-breaking detail and an involved eye at the 10th ...

Afghans who worked alongside US troops during almost two decades of war were once promised a home in the United States to ...

Christmas diplomacy endures because it stands at the crossroads of culture, power and politics. The season brings with it a set of expectations about restraint and goodwill that leaders can invoke, ...

Ever wondered why your friend with a European passport can practically waltz through airport security while you're stuck in ...

A new report from U.S. government watchdog SIGAR gives us the fullest accounting yet of U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.In short, they call it "a two-decade long effort fraught with waste.”Each ...

The attack at Australia's Bondi Beach earlier this week on people who were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah was horrific. Stories have emerged about those who died trying to stop the gunmen.

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past.

The legislation prohibits the executive branch from spending any federal funds on the use of military force inside Venezuela ...