Miguel Diaz-Canel, set to replace Raul Castro as president of Cuba after sixty years of Castro rule, will be faced with the challenges of implementing economic reform and sidestepping regional isolat…

In striking Syria without an international law justification, the United States leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries.

Military threats to deter chemical attacks have so far failed to restrain the Syrian regime, and they risk escalating the horrific conflict even further.

The expulsion of Russian diplomats by more than twenty governments is a remarkable show of unity and a deepening of Moscow’s rift with the West.

Averting famine will require Saudi Arabia to permit the resumption of commercial shipping of food and fuel to the besieged country.