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The main theme for Europe in the fourth quarter will be a recurring one: fragmentation. Indeed, the next three months will bring political and even territorial fragmentation to the Continent. ...

At this time last year, a string of leaderless resistance-style attacks by grassroots jihadists in the West was making people very nervous. And their concern was understandable: In late October ...

A critical shift in the Kremlin’s budgetary planning is the flat growth in defense spending, which had risen steadily every year since 2011. The Kremlin had planned on expanding defense ...

Nov. 6 Syria Rebels from the Free Syrian Army and from various Islamist groups recently defeated an offensive conducted by loyalist forces backed by Iran and Russia in Hama province. ...

Forecast A recent agreement to resolve some historical grievances will not seriously assuage deep anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea. South Korea will likely ignore U.S. and Japanese calls to send ...

Tanzania’s new president, John Magufuli, and the country’s first female vice president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, were sworn into office Nov. 5, News 24 reported.  Magufuli won the election in October ...

On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a 20-minute meeting with his counterpart from across the Taiwan Strait, President Ma Ying-jeou, followed by dinner in Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel. Both ...

Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, has made immigration its hobby. Mexican and American newspapers react strongly to the release of its reform plan. In the migration plan published on its website ...

Some African capitals have been signaling to Israeli officials a desire to deepen ties for several years, and are frustrated that Jerusalem has not responded faster. This article was written ...

Brazil. Throughout the country, protests against Dilma Rousseff Brazilians are tired of corruption, recession, political elites. Sunday, they took to the streets to demand the departure of their president. "Out ...