The head of a U.N. investigative commission on Friday called commitments made by the new authorities in Syria to protect the rights of minorities “encouraging” but said attacks have continued on ...

In a news conference on Aug. 8, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of Austria's Directorate of State Security and Intelligence, said ...

The vote against the measure was mostly along party lines, with Republicans opposing it and Democrats almost unanimously in ...

Archbishop Samir Nassar, leader of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria, visited the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to continue discussions for the Damascus Partnership. The ...

Nearly seven years after the feds raided his Northwest Side home, a Chicago IT specialist was convicted Friday of helping the ...

Dominique de Villepin, who recently announced a new political party, says in an exclusive written interview with Al-Monitor ...

In sum, this regional war for the players in the Middle East was the equivalent of World War II for Europe: It completely shakes up the status quo and opens the way for something new.

The U.S. spy chief, who built her political identity opposing military intervention, is falling in line after the bombing of ...

Israel finally unleashed its firepower against Iran’s nuclear program in a devastating feat of intelligence work, ...

Countries that aligned themselves with the US have used oil as a jump-start to global economic status. But those who resisted have seen destruction ...

“Imposing another regime would only worsen the situation. Change must come from within, if the citizens deem it necessary,” ...

Outgoing CENTCOM commander Michael Kurilla has had Iran in his crosshairs for years as part of a larger vision for keeping ...