It also violated the custom that swaps involve similar sorts of prisoners—spies for spies, or criminals for criminals. Mr ...

Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more "Tajik-style" and not wear either revealing Western ...

The US president says Bagram Air Base is a critical asset for countering China, as experts debate the feasibility of reclaiming abandoned US military equipment in Afghanistan.

If James Bond, now in American hands, re-emerges refreshed as an agent of the CIA, then it will be a homecoming of sorts, ...

NATO's early 1990s push to involve itself in humanitarian interventionism gave Vladimir Putin the excuse he wanted to attack Ukraine.

There is a grim irony in today’s announcement of the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day on 8 May – at the ...

The emblem of the Soviet Union‘s KGB intelligence service boasts a sword sitting atop a shield. The sword represented the KGB ...

Emmanuel Macron said the future of Europe and its security “cannot be decided in Moscow or in Washington” in a clear ...

There are decades when weeks happen and weeks when decades happen, goes an aphorism misattributed to Vladimir Lenin. The ...

As the Cuban Revolution enters its 66th year, the country is still in a difficult position, perhaps its most difficult since ...

The move could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. as soon as next week based on a government ...

Since the Taliban captured power in August 2021, Akhundzada has issued dozens of edicts curbing women and girls’ access to education, workplaces, and public life and spaces at large, which the Haqqani ...