Blame game. Russia’s Gazprom ceased deliveries of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Jan. 1, citing Kyiv’s refusal to ...

The Russian economy will be bad in 2025, at least according to Russian citizens. A newly published poll conducted by Levada suggests that nearly ...

A few developments over the past week bode ill for the Middle East’s sectarian rivalries, with implications for U.S. strategy in the region. On Dec. 27, ...

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

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

NATO in the Baltic Sea. NATO will enhance its presence in the Baltic Sea, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Friday following the severing of ...

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The new Syria. Syria’s new leaders will not allow their territory to be used for attacks against Israel, and so Israeli ...

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

Staying put. Israeli forces will remain in the formerly demilitarized buffer zone in the Golan Heights, including Mount ...