Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry announced on X Thursday that the Russian Foreign Ministry has decided to ...

Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced it had suspended some weapons deliveries to Ukraine. The Defense ...

Afghanistan has remained largely isolated since the Taliban seized power nearly four years ago, despite subtle signs of ...

While there are continued disputes about the compatibility of Islam and democracy, many Muslim-majority democracies exist.

Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow r emoved the group from its list ...

Russia’s extensive military assistance over the past three decades has been instrumental in transforming China’s military ...

The GOP House Intelligence Committee Chairman is critiquing the Trump CIA director's review of the Intelligence Community's assessment on Russian meddling in the 2016 election ...

Ukraine could, in theory, become a future player. But that potential would require a decade or more. China, by contrast, has played a longer game. Its controls remain in place, not to halt trade, but ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

Canada's democracy is in crisis but Canadians don't seem to care. What looks like complacency, however, may actually be the ...

The episode revealed the enormous influence of a segment of the Republican Party that has come to distrust Big Tech.

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