The United Nations has long disputed that Washington has a right to block people from the New York headquarters—going back to Yasser Arafat in 1988.

Deployment will include missile defense capabilities and a “moderate” increase in troops.

Trump’s reluctance to retaliate against Iran may reflect his belief that an “energy independent” United States no longer needs to protect the region.

Trump to skip climate summit to focus on his Christian base.

The ANC government must acknowledge that xenophobic violence is a hate crime and a betrayal of the African allies that aided it during the darkest days of apartheid.

China risks becoming a point of chronic contention between the United States and Israel.

Despite this week’s meeting of Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani, there is no good news in the last redoubt of the Syrian revolt.

Numerous banks and multinationals have hands in shady deals with the new nation’s elites and warlords.

In the wake of the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, the Russian president has positioned himself as a peacemaker. But continued conflict is his friend.

The United States appears to be backing down in a test of wills that Iran expert Reuel Marc Gerecht calls the most “important moment since the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein.”

For the first time, the country’s Arab minority could wield some leverage in the political process.

But some experts say the move is a weak response to alleged Iranian attacks on Saudi oil.