Several years into a recession, Cuba faces chronic shortages of food, medicines and essential goods, and a crippled ...

In May 1960 an American U-2 spy plane flew over Russian missile sites. The US thought it was beyond the reach of Soviet air ...

Here we profile 12 of the most famous railroad tycoons in the 1800s and early 1900s who helped shape the modern industry in ...

The United States imposed sanctions on entities it accused of being involved in the illicit trade of Iranian petroleum and ...

NOTE: This post largely reprints last year's Victims of Communism Day post, with some modifications. Today is May Day. Since ...

Following the change in policy, Western Union, which facilitated remittances to Cuba from thousands of location in the the U.S., suspended the service in February. The World Bank, which tracks ...

The bespectacled 54-year-old - the founder in 2011 of an opposition group called the National Patriotic Union, or Unpacu - is among ... aid to the people of Santiago de Cuba," the State Department's ...

Donald Trump has repeatedly urged Xi Jinping to call him for discussions about a potential trade deal. But any off-ramp to ...

China’s rapid advancement in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet technology represents a direct challenge to global US operations, communications ...

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

In 2005, the last of Syria's troops left Lebanon, ending a 29-year military presence. In 2010, longtime Sudanese leader Omar ...

Secretary of State Rubio has unveiled a serious reform plan for the Department, but it needs close attention from Congress and some reform itself.