Breakthrough. A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party was permitted to meet with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned ...

By Chris Siepmann On Dec. 23, the United States launched an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 scrutinizing China’s policies ...

Terrorist attack? The Russian operator of the Ursa Major cargo ship, which sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Dec. 23, said the incident was a "terrorist ...

Syria was for centuries a meeting place for disparate civilizations and cultures, turning it into one of the most ethnically ...

Fico in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow to discuss energy, bilateral relations and ...

Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting U.S. president to make a diplomatic visit outside the continental United States, sailing to ...

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Panama and Costa Rica lay along one of the most important transit routes for American migrants, the majority of whom are fleeing the ...

(click to enlarge) Panama and Costa Rica lay along one of the most important transit routes for American migrants, the majority of whom are fleeing... Getting acquainted. A U.S. delegation led by the ...

Chinese policymakers appear to be taking aggressive action to stabilize and revitalize the economy by changing monetary policy after 14 years and increasing the budget deficit to an unprecedented 4 ...