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 ...
Nigerian state is now the largest economy in Africa, and global multinationals are queuing up to tap into its potential. Yet there are still major hurdles for the country to ...
Analysis Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria, has aroused little attention in the West despite launching assaults on churches, police stations and government buildings that have killed an estimated 10,000 ...
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. ...
Jordan: Military Officer Kills Americans, South African At Training Center A Jordanian military officer shot and killed two Americans and a South African before security forces shot and killed him ...
Analysis Though many mysteries still surround the recent crash of a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula, some explanations of what happened are more likely to be true than others. ...
Analysis The balance of economic power in Mozambique has undergone a major change, rekindling dissatisfaction with the country’s entrenched ruling elite. The change means the East African country’s longtime ruling ...
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 ...