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The United States has the leverage needed to prevent Qatar from cozying up to Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood—if it’s willing to use it.

Despite its defiant warnings, Tehran will eventually negotiate with Donald Trump—as long as Vladimir Putin mediates.

The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought.

Kazakh case draws attention to plight of hundreds of thousands detained in Xinjiang

The United States has spent far more time obscuring its role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen than in explaining any rationale for it.

China's new ideological rigidity is being put to the economic and technological test.

How a dispute over a jailed American pastor roiled Turkey’s economy

Families say the State Department continues to curb benefits mandated by law.

Tech competition is being used to push a dangerous corporate agenda.

How changing military strategy may have led to misconduct.

Assam's citizenship crisis is the latest legacy of a division that made nations.

The decision is a blow to Ankara but could also complicate matters for Washington.

Good riddance to the so-called strategic relationship between Washington and Ankara.

Four strategies that other countries can use to deal with a suddenly unpredictable superpower.

The country’s strongman plans to step down, but the United States must tread carefully.

Catch up on everything you need to know about Trump’s Space Force, the impact of powerful new White House sanctions on Russia, Turkey and Iran, an interview with U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Joseph Votel, and more.

On our podcast: Journalist Jason Rezaian recalls life in Iran under sanctions.

Kushner hopes cuts will pressure Palestinians to accept a U.S. peace plan.

Netanyahu has antagonized Israel’s most loyal Arab allies and opened a new front in the country’s culture wars.