Bolstered by a 2019 yearly threat assessment from the director of national intelligence that warned of the risk posed by Turkey’s fraying relationship with the United States, senators have urged action to prevent a deeper strain with the NATO ally.
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When the NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels in two weeks, a top agenda item will be how to prepare thousands of military personnel to be deployed to Eastern Europe in 2020 in case of a crisis with Russia.
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The U.S. needs to withhold foreign assistance to Guatemala and apply sanctions, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif, said Wednesday, in reaction to the dismissal of an anti-corruption United Nations commission from that country.
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A joint resolution to quickly end U.S. support for the Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen was reintroduced on Wednesday after failing to receive a vote in the Republican-controlled House last year.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his trip to Southeast Asia offers new spending on infrastructure and security funding in the Indo-Pacific as China grows its power in the region with its One Belt One Road projects.
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Chinese telecommunications company ZTE is allowed to resume business in the U.S. that may potentially threaten U.S. national security.
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As tensions rise in the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. navigates its relationship to both China and Taiwan to avoid further escalation.
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Germany is on the front lines of a potential crisis in Eastern Europe , but some Germans aren’t ready to become a military power again.
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3,800 young refugees have passed through Pierre Claver, a French school helping young refugees who have been arriving in France from Afghanistan, Syria and other trouble countries learn French – and much more.
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This photo essay features images of students from refugees and their makeshift camps across Paris and the students of Pierre Claver School also located in Paris.
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