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Fri, 18/12/2015 - 20:46
After five years of discord, Ankara and Jerusalem are ready to mend ties, driven in no small part by Turkey’s desire to get access to Israeli natural gas.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 21:27
Lawmakers took aim at the Obama administration Wednesday for failing to respond more aggressively to reports that Iran launched a second medium-range ballistic missile last month -- a potential violation of United Nations resolutions.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 20:40
Croatia's president barely seemed to notice that her honoree's pants fell down during a photo-op.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 20:22
Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric has his opponents likening him to Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Such comparisons may be misplaced.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 20:17
Even during the darkest days of the Cold War, we didn’t act like this.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 20:00
Defense Secretary Ash Carter turns the tables on Sen. John McCain.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 18:54
The brave women spearheading female suffrage in the kingdom are worried that the forthcoming vote might not be the revolution they had hoped for.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 18:35
The director of the FBI says the San Bernardino shooters were radicalized before they met.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 17:05
"The world has somehow shifted," wrote one of the hundred-plus surveyed by FP.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 16:26
If you’re not crying, you’re not making the hard choices that are part of strategy.
Wed, 09/12/2015 - 16:24
From the grand old man of military personnel policy scholars.
Thu, 12/11/2015 - 08:13
NAIROBI, Kenya — A new report says Kenya’s military has done a brisk business in sugar and charcoal in Kismayo, Somalia, since pushing al-Shabab from the southern port city in 2012, but the trade has become a key financial lifeline for the terrorist group it is there to fight. Published by the nonpartisan watchdog organization Journalists ...
Thu, 12/11/2015 - 00:22
The Israeli prime minister has come to make amends with the United States. At least for now.
Thu, 12/11/2015 - 00:12
Saudi women are running for office in upcoming municipal elections for the first time -- and discovering the rules as they go.
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 23:50
The onetime heavyweight champ has been ousted.
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 23:17
In what appears to be the result of a prank, a Google Maps search for the Islamic State's Russian acronym pinpoints a state-run television station in Moscow.
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 23:16
Liu Yiqian used credit card points to rise to the top of the art world.
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 22:29
The EU published clarifications Wednesday on its guidelines for labeling food made on Israeli settlements. But neither Palestinians nor Israelis seem too happy about it.
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 21:16
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Manal Omar continue their debate on the Quran, the Islamic State, and how to save the religion.
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 20:19
There are hints that the president of the DRC wants to delay presidential elections. Here’s why that would be a disaster.
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