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NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if ...

The Thai military closed its border to nearly all travelers to Cambodia as diplomatic tensions rise over a territory dispute ...

As President Trump threatens regime change in Iran, the term evokes memories of U.S. involvement in the nation more than 70 ...

Robert Kaplan’s latest book on big geopolitical questions reflects a shift away from high-minded ideals in US establishment thought. But instead of self-critical pragmatism, what he offers as a ...

Iran’s president signaled that his country would be open to talks about its nuclear ambitions. A preliminary classified U.S. report concluded that American airstrikes had not fully destroyed Iranian ...

Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since ...

KRIK and OCCRP have published multiple exposes on the unexplained wealth of Siniša Mali, Serbia's finance minister. Why? His ...

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the ...

Its military proxies -- especially Hezbollah, once considered its most powerful -- have been significantly weakened.

Members of Parliament voted 314-291 to back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following an impassioned and ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also spoke with Netanyahu. “Israel has the right to defend its existence and the security of ...