U.S. presidential nominating conventions often touch on national security and foreign policy, but don’t always signal the direction of a winning candidate’s policy, explains this Backgrounder.

The U.S. State Department continues to list Cuba as a state sponsor of terror, though most experts say the country no longer poses a threat to U.S. national security.

An overview of Peruvian terrorist groups, Shining Path and Tupac Amaru.

Relations between the Vatican and Israel are a complex combination of diplomacy mixed with interfaith discussion.