Foreign Policy

Like the families of the 1,400 U.S. Marines killed in action in recent years, Andrea and Jim Hug of Phoenix, Arizona planned to travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this month to receive their son’s coffin after getting news that he died in a helicopter crash in Nepal.

When China declares an Air Defense Identification Zone in the South China Sea, the United States will have only itself to blame.

Want to build democracy in Venezuela? Start by luring expatriates back.

On the eve of a national referendum on gay marriage, queer Ireland finds its voice, and a Catholic stronghold looks toward the future.

Even in the self-declared caliphate, it’s hard to shake the yoke of nepotism.

A controversial left-wing sociologist says that last January's show of unity was more about racism than patriotism. And the French are pissed.

Blaming India and failed domestic policies for insecurity in Pakistan has become a habit. Instead, constructive criticism of current operations against militants needs to bring about true reform.

And Beijing should stop perpetuating the self-serving notion that it is.

Palmyra is home to some of the world's best-preserved ruins.

The Grammy-winning DJ partnered with Google to send a satellite into space.

The outfit seems to think it has a copyright on the notion of helping wounded warriors.

If people tell you they don’t have time to read for pleasure, here are some of the books Winston Churchill read while leading the West during World War II.

One of the things I like about reading small-town newspapers (I read two weeklies where I live in Maine, and follow the websites of two other papers) is the short stories about members of the community who have gone off to the military.

Pakistan Bin Laden documents released On Wednesday, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a large number of documents that were picked up by the U.S. SEALs at Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011 (CNN, NYT). The 103 documents released include correspondence between bin Laden and his ...

Forget the long war; we’re now in the thick of perpetual war.

Four slightly insane -- but not entirely unrealistic -- ways that Vladimir Putin could spike the price of oil to save Russia's economy.

As the Yemen bombing campaign resumes, the wounded are piling up in Sanaa — but the hospitals are starved of supplies to staunch the bleeding.

By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Remember earlier this week when the New York Times and the Washington Post — going on information provided by unnamed U.S. officials — told us that the Islamic State used the cover of a sandstorm to avoid coalition airstrikes while taking Ramadi? It was a unique and fascinating narrative. ...

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that the United Nations will host peace talks on the conflict in Yemen in Geneva starting May 28. Unlike previous proposals to hold talks in Riyadh, diplomats will meet in a neutral city. The goal of the talks will be to “restore momentum towards a Yemeni-led political transition process,” ...

The new trove of bin Laden documents reveals just how different al Qaeda and the Islamic State really are.