Beneath the country’s political and economic crisis lies a more destabilising force that is still largely missing from international analysis: environmental breakdown.

By the time of World War II, the term “ Axis powers ” had come to refer to the military coalition of Germany, Italy and Japan ...

If the United States abandons the rules it once championed, rules that have helped maintain world peace since 1945, it may ...

Iraq's alliance of Shi'ite political blocs, the Coordination Framework, reaffirmed on Saturday its support for former premier ...

Iraq sits on some of the most valuable land in human history — and that has never stopped being a problem. Cradle of civilization, religious crossroads, oil superpower, and geopolitical battleground ...

Churches, synagogues, and mosques must bridge the gap with local law enforcement and the FBI to receive real-time threat ...

In a dramatic week for Syria, AP journalists across the region delivered comprehensive, on-the-ground coverage of a rapidly shifting conflict, led by ...

The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order. This is an edited transcript of “The ...

Why has Iran today found itself at the epicenter of this new logic? Is chaos becoming a tool of global governance? Who ...

Trump says if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reelected, the U.S. "will no longer help Iraq." Here's what's behind ...

By bna Cairo bureau Iraq ranks as the fifth most affected country globally by climate change, with rising temperatures, ...

Maliki, a former prime minister, was nominated to lead Iraq once again, but President Trump said he would cut U.S. support if ...