SINGAPORE - Developments in the Middle East have thrown up several hard lessons for Asian countries, including the point that the use of force to settle scores seems to be an acceptable course of ...

TOKYO, Oct 5, (AP): New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opened his first policy speech in office Friday by expressing deep regrets over the governing party's slush funds scandal that dogged his ...

Over several decades, the Middle East has experienced many large-scale, cross-border displacements for myriad reasons. The original forced displacement of Palestinians surrounding the creation of ...

The US has strengthened its military posture consistently in the Middle East over the last year following the breakout of the war between Israel and Hamas, with tensions increasing further ...

A man, 50, found stabbed to death in a corridor of block of flats in east London has been named by police. Emergency services were called to Chapel Road, Ilford, at around 1am on Friday following ...

OTTAWA — Two months after telling MPs that the RCMP had not found any evidence of criminal wrongdoing surrounding the so-called “green slush fund,” RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme now says ...

Thousands of dockworkers at every major East and Gulf Coast port are now striking, closing trade gateways that handle about half of all goods shipped in containers in and out of the U.S. President ...

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The Pentagon is preparing to send more troops and aircraft to the region. This is an overview of the U.S. military presence there. U.S. Naval deployments this week Long-term U.S. military bases ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships ...