Foreign Policy

The country's own flag has become an anti-government symbol of protest.

But the U.S. embargo on Cuba still remains in place.

President Buhari's wife took to the media to express her disappointment in her husband.

The Obama administration wants to censure Syria with international support it is rallying through the global watchdog on chemical weapons.

I’m a West Point graduate and Iraq war veteran who has been surrounded by men who act and speak a lot like Donald Trump.

The hot mic tape, dissention in the G.O.P, and another defense of an aggressive Russia has put Donald Trump on the ropes. But whether Hillary Clinton landed her political punches, remains to be seen.

The Republican nominee’s rhetoric at the debate was more dictator than leader of the free world.

Congressional critics of the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemeni rebels are demanding the White House pull its support for Riyadh following an alleged weekend airstrike that killed at least 140 funeral mourners in Sanaa.

To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Anna Nemtsova reports from Georgia, where a car bomb raised tensions before this weekend’s election. Zia Weise has an update on the strange disappearance of a Kurdish politician in Turkey: Somehow, he’s just turned up in Iraq. Brian Klaas argues ...

Silicon Valley wants to explore space as tech entrepreneurs. We should be traveling as pilgrims.

Since violence flared this summer, South Sudanese government forces have mounted increasingly brutal attacks against U.N. workers.

The Malawian government is now threatening to arrest anyone who spreads rumors that President Peter Mutharika is gravely ill.

Ryan's move allows other Republicans wary of Trump to follow suit.

Trump's debate performance won't be enough to stem the GOP bloodletting, or lock up the vote.

The U.K.’s poster boy for Brexit praised Trump for "dominating" last night’s town hall debate.

Nadia Murad's work on behalf of Yazidi women who’ve suffered at the hands of the Islamic State has earned her a Nobel nomination. But even if she receives the prestigious prize, it may do little to help her cause.

Former refugees High Commissioner António Guterres is a bittersweet pick for the United Nations’ next chief.

Neither of the presidential campaigns knows what their Syria policies actually mean.

In the West, the Nazi Führer is thought of as a genocidal maniac — everywhere else, he’s considered a political inspiration.

Sometimes the only way to end a conflict is to forgive those who were behind it.