The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), founded in 1978 by Abdullah Ocalan, spent decades waging an insurgency against the ...

New occupants. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have begun moving fighters to bases in the Al-Omar and Conoco oil and ...

In a bit of performance art at Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a big show of ...

China is shifting from an export- and investment-driven economy to one based on domestic consumption. The reason is ...

Tempered expectations. Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold their first direct talks since March 2022 in Istanbul on Thursday. Early Thursday, the ...

Preparing for negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump said at a press conference that he might fly to Istanbul on May 15 ...

Clashes broke out last week between Pakistan and India after a militant group – purportedly backed by Pakistan – attacked an ...

The World Trade Organization has released a report titled World Trade Outlook and Statistics, highlighting two negative ...

Europe has become a lightning rod in the United States lately, particularly with regard to the U.S.’ desire to stop ...

Support for Syria. U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, a day after Trump announced he ...

In the early morning of May 11, when most Russians were fast asleep, President Vladimir Putin issued a long statement on a ...

Deal done. The U.S. and the U.K. signed a trade deal on Thursday. According to a White House statement, the agreement will ...