Foreign Policy

After attacks on Americans, the State Department envoy to South Sudan faced a tough crowd on Capitol Hill.

The United States, Germany, and other economic powerhouses haven't learned the dire lessons of Japan's lost decades.

A bipartisan push against a $1.15 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is gaining steam in protest of Riyadh’s bombing campaign in Yemen — but remains split on whether to oppose the sale or block it outright.

Buyers in Hong Kong and Beijing are paying top dollar for wild American ginseng, fueling a digging frenzy that could decimate the revered root for good.

As Gabon erupts in violence, the dark, twisted legacy tying this former colony to Paris is bubbling up to the surface.

Beijing wants pro-democracy activists to go away. Instead, they're getting elected.

A new report says that the Office of Personnel Management was shockingly negligent in responding to multiple cyberattacks. But when Ben Cotton discovered fake anti-virus files, the agency jumped into action — and then refused to pay his company.

While the Hungarian camerawoman caught on film tripping and kicking refugees may get a slap on the wrist, Hungary’s anti-immigrant stance isn’t softening one bit.

Mexico's finance minister reportedly pushed for Trump's visit.

How the Lone Star State explains Assad’s war strategy — and why it's going to be so hard to defeat the regime in San Antonio. Er, Damascus.

The strange nature of living in a tax haven, where 26 percent GDP growth is accompanied by austerity and a homelessness crisis.

The president's Asia legacy is not worst in recent history. But it's not the best either.

This week's large and peaceful protest in Venezuela shows that the momentum is finally behind the chavista government's opponents.

The Obama administration wanted a big show in New York to ink Colombia's peace deal. But the Justice Department balked at letting terrorists and drug dealers into the country.

Uzbekistan’s dictator is dead, but his brutal efforts to crush Islamist extremism leave a long and ugly legacy. And Washington will be left cleaning up the mess.

An unidentified hacker compromised the email of a Bill Clinton staffer.

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Conciliation, contradiction, reality checks, and why they matter — or don’t — for 2016.

Whether it’s an Arab Spring-style uprising that gets him or simply old age — Zimbabwe’s firebrand autocrat is on his way out.

Hopes for a brighter future will be more realistic if the captain can run an effective ship of state.