China is expanding its use of higher education as a tool of soft power. Turkmenistan's Ministry of Education and Kyrgyzstan's ...

This year, the Parliament awards its Sakharov Prize to individuals who show great personal courage in defending these freedoms and rights: Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli of Georgia, ...

Iran’s rial slid further Monday to a new record low of more than 1.3 million to the U.S. dollar, deepening the currency’s ...

US sanctions have limited immediate impact on China's oil. Imports of discounted Venezuelan crude expected to rise despite ...

Saudi Arabia breaks its own record with 340 executions in 2025 as authorities continue a strict war on drugs and capital ...

A regional meeting hosted by Iran on Afghanistan underscored calls for lifting sanctions and strengthening regional ...

The U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker marks a sharp escalation in sanctions enforcement, increasing risks for buyers.

The Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy is, in many ways, unlike any in U.S. history. Most strategy documents of this kind articulate the threats that the United States’ adversaries ...

T he Skipper, the oil tanker fresh from filling up in a Venezuelan port, was seized by U.S. forces last week and is being ...

The link between China, Iran and Russia is the United States' next existential threat and a growing doubt about America's global role.

Some operations are designed to make headlines, but this one was built to make deadlines slip, shipments vanish from the ...