Foreign Policy

The Fed is still reluctant to raise interest rates despite avoiding Brexit fallout.

Donald Trump's plan would dredge up a Cold War-era law that critics say betrayed U.S. values without improving security.

A Brazilian judge issued an order preventing Lochte and another U.S. swimmer from leaving the country.

Critics of the Thailand's military government have been detained for voicing their opinions. But that hasn't stopped people from making fun of a photo of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

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A mysterious cache of leaked emails ensnares GOP officials.

The Games succeed because they indulge precisely what they claim to transcend – the world's basest instinct for tribalism.

The Syrian conflict barely received a mention at the Democratic convention. That’s because the party is at war with itself over what to do about the crisis.

The French city of Cannes is the latest to decide that burqinis are not welcome on its beaches.

Vladimir Putin dismissed longtime aide Sergei Ivanov as his chief of staff in what amounts to a major reshaping of Russia's elite leadership.

For weeks, senior Turkish officials have issued ominous threats and stern warnings to the United States if it fails to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based preacher whom Ankara accuses of masterminding last month’s attempted coup. But on Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu struck a noticeably upbeat tone.

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This Kenyan coach borrowed his athlete's ID to get free breakfast, then took a doping test for him too.

It's the third time in recent years Khan has been stopped by U.S. security.

Best Defense is in summer reruns. Here is an item that originally ran on April 8, 2016.

U.S. presidents are currently given a four-minute window to decide whether or not to initiate an irreversible apocalypse. Sad!

Lawyers representing U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen lampooned the Turkish government on Friday, calling Ankara’s allegations that the 75-year-old imam helped orchestrate the failed July 15 coup “absurd” and “crazy.”

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Antonio Guterres encounters first sign of trouble in campaign to succeed Ban Ki-moon as two anonymous members of U.N. Security Council discourage him from pursuing top U.N. job.

Some 400 people have been killed in a massive drug crackdown in the Philippines. Now the government claims to have 500,000 people in custody.