US President Donald Trump is a radically transparent person but still manages to surprise. After promising for years that he would put pressure on Ukraine to agree with Russia to halt fighting, Trump has recently followed through. He directed his administration to extort the Ukrainian government for a natural resources …

Abstract: As an older generation of Islamic State ideologues, fighters, and propagandists dies out or is arrested, and the center of gravity for the Islamic State as a group shifts to Central Asia and Africa, a younger cadre of supporters is taking up the mantle of support for the group. …

In-depth: Since January, Operation Iron Wall has brought unprecedented, Gaza-style violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, paving the way for annexation From a Palestinian home illegally turned into a military base in Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week he had ordered his army …