First visit. Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Syria on Friday in the first official visit to the country by a head of state since the overthrow of the Assad regime. He was welcomed at ...

The Middle East is an Arab-majority region, but with the exception of a 200-year period that began in the early 7th century, Arabs have never been the dominant power there. Starting in the ninth ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo escalated last weekend when the M23 rebel group advanced into North Kivu, seizing the regional capital, Goma. Rwanda, long accused of covertly ...

Throughout history, world order has been shaped by great powers. In the competition with them – and sometimes among them – lesser powers would tailor their behavior to the interests and intentions of ...

Still struggling. The German economy contracted 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to data released Thursday by the German statistics agency. The figure ...

The defining feature of Europe in 2025 will be political instability, complicating its ability to address immense internal and external challenges. Several states that are critical supporters of ...

The U.S. in Syria. The Trump administration has conveyed to Israeli officials that it intends to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, according to Israeli broadcaster Kan 11. The move is reportedly ...

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First trip. A Russian delegation that includes the country’s deputy foreign minister and special envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus, the first official visit by Russian officials to the country since ...

Last week, two seemingly independent events – the declaration of a state of emergency by the government in Bogota and the United States’ planned review of Chevron’s license to operate in Venezuela – ...

Crisis averted. After the U.S. imposed tariffs on all Colombian goods due to Bogota’s refusal to accept deported Colombian migrants on U.S. military aircraft, Colombia agreed to Washington’s terms.

Hungarian request. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged the European Union to press Ukraine to resume transit of Russian natural gas, threatening to block the renewal of sanctions against ...