Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast

Turkey says eradication of Kurdish YPG militia in Syria 'imminent' Middle Eastcategory· January 6, 2025 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to expand its work in Syria ...

Syria has been a work in progress, a nation to be rebuilt, since the downfall of its autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, a month ago. It is far too early to ascertain in what political direction Syria is heading, but if the past is any guide, Syrians should not expect their country to become a Jeffersonian democracy.

The Obama administration’s decisions left a significantly more fragmented and futile world than the one he inherited.

After a year marked by port congestion, vessel diversions and longshore labor issues, maritime shipping is bracing for the unknown in 2025.

This story originally ran in The Smoky Mountain News in November 2018 following Politics Editor Cory Vaillancourt’s trip to Georgia to meet President Jimmy Carter.  The former president died Dec. 29,

Israeli shelling has continued unabated even as ceasefire talks restart, through the mediation of Qatari and Egyptian negotiators.

A very different Middle East will greet President-elect Trump this month compared to the region he experienced during his first term. However, there are opportunities to advance American interests for a more stable and less conflictual Middle East,

I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: The forty-seventh president wants a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program and

Five years since Jeremy Corbyn resigned as Labour leader, the British left is in a difficult place. Keir Starmer’s remodeling of the Labour Party, purging or suspending MPs and large numbers of ordinary activists,

At least 15 people are dead and dozens injured in New Orleans after a driver plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street, police and city officials said. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.

Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria's civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the president of the International Committee for the Red Cross said.