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Tue, 06/12/2016 - 22:00
With winter coming and funding running low, the U.N. refugee agency is racing to avoid another humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 20:58
Venezuela's economy is in shambles. Are its peace talks, too?
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 20:53
Tsai Ing-wen says her unprecedented phone call doesn't signal a policy shift, but has she thought through all the risks?
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 20:36
Washington and Moscow Spar Over Which Rebel Groups to Bomb, and Which to Work With
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 19:08
The president-elect has Boeing beef.
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 19:02
American politics is profoundly corrupt. Until we come to grips with that fact, the populists will keep winning.
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 17:46
Will the death of a beloved leader throw the country into chaos?
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 17:16
Why is Putin turning toward Tokyo?
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 17:01
Donald Trump and Viktor Orban might be able to develop a close relationship -- if their populist politics don't put them at odds.
Tue, 06/12/2016 - 16:21
You can't understand the British prime minister’s politics, or her Brexit strategy, without understanding her Anglicanism.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 23:39
But the monarch has big shoes to fill — at a time when Thailand needs steady leadership most.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 22:59
Trump's pick for secretary of defense will require a congressional exemption to serve.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 22:58
The French president says he will not seek re-election.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 22:33
President-elect Donald Trump made his first overture to former Soviet Central Asia and may looking for ways to mend ties with Moscow.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 22:22
Everyone wants to blame South Korea’s incestuous business culture for the recent failures of its massive conglomerates. But that’s not the reason they’re in a funk.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 22:14
Can the hipster invocation of God’s will survive the coming wave of American Islamophobia?
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 20:38
Oops.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 19:32
On World AIDS Day and every other day, AIDS is a worldwide phenomenon.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 18:33
But it could be on the downswing from here, experts say.
Thu, 01/12/2016 - 18:00
Life is good and getting better in Putin's Russia, says Putin in his annual address.
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