Foreign Policy

European courts are targeting Russian assets in a $50 billion commercial dispute. That has the Kremlin apoplectic and threatening reprisals.

The Obama administration is ready to drop a long-standing demand that Tehran open up about its secret missile research, provided Iran agrees to tough inspections going forward.

"Young people will not only be able to visit exhibits, but also drive and fly on military equipment, shoot military weapons, and do parachute jumps."

A U.S. drone strike killed Nasir al-Wuhayshi. But the real threat is AQAP’s elusive master bomb-maker.

The video depicts a towheaded correspondent turning a blind eye to violence and abuse in Gaza.

A new oil field near Venezuela could be the miracle Maduro was waiting for. There's just one problem — it's in territory claimed by Guyana.

In a country that brooks no dissent, Nasrin Sotoudeh's remarkable solo protest keeps finding unlikely allies.

If the IMF wants to keep Beijing in the tent, it's time to reward China's progress on making its currency more free market-friendly.

China isn’t ready to supply the rest of the world with RMB. So why does it matter if the currency gets the IMF's stamp of approval?

Obama's massive Asia trade deal lives to see another day. But its ultimate fate is still a mystery.

South Africa just let the dictator of Sudan fly home — that's bad news for the International Criminal Court.

The White House nominated Daniel Rubinstein, America’s special envoy for Syria, as ambassador to Tunisia on Monday, putting the thankless job of dealing with the raging civil war in Syria up for grabs.

A new U.N. report describes a regime built on torture, domestic spy networks, and mass conscription.

The families of two men mistakenly killed by a U.S. drone want Obama to apologize. But U.S. law doesn't require the U.S. government to do anything to acknowledge it.

The “pincer” tank strategy has returned to the battlefields of eastern Europe.

Another U.S. government site goes down for the count.

China has been the world’s worst environmental offender for years. That could change a lot sooner than expected.

It’s time for Aung San Suu Kyi to stand up for her country’s persecuted Rohingya minority.

President Barack Obama said the United States and its allies must accelerate the training of the Iraqi security forces whose recent setbacks at the hands of Islamic State militants have raised questions about the broader U.S.-led effort to beat back the Sunni extremist group.

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