Foreign Policy

In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.

High demand has the United States short on traps needed to slow Zika's spread.

The organization responsible for international public health is increasing its budget by millions of dollars — but its plan for coming up with the cash to help battle epidemics like Zika isn’t grounded in reality.

Turkey's foreign minister slammed American troops' decision to wear YPG insignia, saying they should wear the Islamic State next.

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The rise of Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada shows that the Taliban’s old guard is still holding the reins of power -- and deciding the future of the Afghan war.

The deal, known as a host nation support agreement, will grant NATO more room to operate on Swedish territory for training exercises or in the event of a conflict in the region.

The appointment of Avigdor Liberman as Israel's new defense minister is jolting the country’s politics and sparking fears of a "shoot first, and ask questions later" military policy.

Two Muslim students who refused to shake their female teacher's hand will be fined $5,000 if they don't do it.

"We need your support," Antonio Rodiles says.

President Obama plans to lease a house in DC's posh Kalorama neighborhood.

Sweden's cabinet reshuffle came after a series of incredibly awkward missteps.

2015 Global Thinker Marjan Minnesma and Gasland director Josh Fox debate the best—and perhaps only—way to spurn action on climate change: Terrify people.

Lies told by 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle continue to mount.

An independent State Department watchdog revived Hillary Clinton’s e-mail headaches with a stinging criticism Wednesday of the Democratic front-runner’s use of a personal server for work messages -- arousing an issue her campaign has tried to dismiss as overblown.

Event Notice: “Anderson Cooper 360 Special: We Got Him: President Obama, Bin Laden, and the Future of the War on Terror,” on Monday, May 2 at 8 PM (EST). CNN’s and New America’s Peter Bergen sits down with President Barack Obama and current and former national security staff members to talk about the Bin Laden raid and ...

After the Iraqi parliament again could not reach an agreement on the remaining cabinet nominations put forward by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, protesters rallied by influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr overran the Green Zone on Saturday. The crowd remained mostly nonviolent, though some property was damaged and there was at least one report of a parliamentarian ...

FP on the plane; U.S. and India swap sub tech to counter China; Fat Leonard claims another Navy officer; and lots more

Thousands of Yazidis have been saved from the jihadist group, but are now victims of infighting among Kurdish militias and the Iraqi government.