While there are continued disputes about the compatibility of Islam and democracy, many Muslim-majority democracies exist.

Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow r emoved the group from its list ...

President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Russia’s extensive military assistance over the past three decades has been instrumental in transforming China’s military ...

Ukraine could, in theory, become a future player. But that potential would require a decade or more. China, by contrast, has played a longer game. Its controls remain in place, not to halt trade, but ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

The episode revealed the enormous influence of a segment of the Republican Party that has come to distrust Big Tech.

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Both are ambitious goals, given that American firms have long struggled to build reactors on time and on budget, and because ...

Lula’s personal approval ratings hover around 40%, the lowest at any point during his three terms. Only 28% of Brazilians say ...

"The experience accumulated by Russia and China could be utilized in different frameworks by other nations for building multilateral cooperation structures," Andrey Kortunov assumed ...

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