Trade accounts for an increasing portion of the U.S. economy, and the Obama administration has embraced a ramped up export strategy. But debate persists over the merits of a vigorous free trade agend…

Since cutting ties in 1979, U.S.-Iran dialogue has been sparse and largely fruitless.

Suicide bombings, once unheard of in Afghanistan, are now on the rise. More than two dozen suicide attacks since parliamentary elections in September 2005 have raised fears that Afghan militants are …

No definitive estimate exists on the number of Iraqi civilians who have died from violence, largely because of the politically charged nature of the war.