Middle East experts say that as the Islamic State is defeated in Iraq and Syria, the fight for a stable political future in the region is just beginning. Published July 24, 2016
China wasn't the only loser in this week's decision by an international tribunal over who controls the South China Sea. The Hague-based panel also unexpectedly rejected Taiwan's claim to a key outpost in the Spratly Islands, and new President Tsai Ing-wen has been much more forceful than Beijing in expressing her displeasure. Published July 14, 2016
Theresa May formally took office as Britain's second female prime minister on Wednesday, immediately appointing some of her top rivals for the job to top posts in her Cabinet. Published July 13, 2016
Filipinos rejoiced on the streets of Manila as word came down Tuesday that an international tribunal ruled overwhelmingly in their favor in a legal dispute with China over claims to the South China Sea. Published July 12, 2016
Australia's conservative prime minister finally declared victory Sunday, a full week after the national election was held, but a slimmer majority for the ruling coalition has only fed the growing concern about the fate of the new government's agenda. Published July 11, 2016
U.S. lawmakers expressed mounting concern Thursday over the proposed $17 billion-plus deal by Boeing to sell commercial jets to Iran -- by far the largest deal inked by an American company since the signing of the landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear programs in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions a year ago. The House voted late Thursday to effectively scuttle the deal. Published July 7, 2016
Buyers can soon strike gold on the stock market with the makers of Twinkies planning to go public. Nearly four years after filing for bankruptcy protection and prompting fear that its snack line of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Sno Balls would become extinct, Hostess Brands LLC, the producer of the indestructible snack, is preparing to debut on the Nasdaq market in the third quarter of 2016. Published July 5, 2016
It's not just a local culinary mainstay in a transient, cosmopolitan town, not just a humble, versatile delicacy whose appeal -- served plain or smothered in chili -- embraces all classes, races and political persuasions, not just the undisputed signature dish of Washington, D.C. Published July 3, 2016
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius warned Wednesday that the European Union will be losing one of its strongest voices standing up to Russian aggression following Britain's vote last week to leave the 28-nation bloc. Published June 29, 2016
It was an occasion both somber and celebratory. A packed Washington theater audience witnessed the first revival performance of "The Originalist" four months after the death of its legendary and large-hearted "star," Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Published June 28, 2016
The Obama administration is pledging $1 billion per year to support the Afghan National Security Forces from 2018 to 2020, the administration's point man for the region said Tuesday, despite a mixed record for U.S. and other Western aid in recent years. Published June 21, 2016
The State Department's point man on Libya told lawmakers Wednesday the U.S. is playing a critical role in gathering support for the U.N.-backed unity government in Tripoli as it takes the fight to Islamic State forces operating in the country. Published June 15, 2016
