The Russian countermeasures on proliferation followed quickly on the heels of a U.S. decision to suspend what had become fruitless negotiations toward a cease-fire in Syria. The setback does not bode well for near-term progress on U.S.-Russia disarmament, an effort that has been stalled for years af

“The shooting of Father Graham has shocked and distressed many people, including students. He, along with the Society of Jesus, remain hopeful that a solution can be achieved.”

Police apparently fired a rubber bullet point blank into the face of a Jesuit priest near the Witwatersrand campus in Johannesburg.

Matthew ruins crops, destroys water treatment plants and leaves a climbing death toll in an already-poor nation.

The setback does not bode well for near-term progress on U.S.-Russia disarmament.

In regions where the fighting and suffering has been the most intense, voters said “yes” to the accord by overwhelming margins.

U.S. and Iraqi military strategists are preparing for a final drive on Mosul, hoping to dislodge Islamic State militants from their last stronghold in Iraq. But how well are they planning for the inevitable impact of that offensive on the city’s residents?Hani El-Mahdi is the Iraq country repr

The fall of Mosul could mean anywhere between 1 to 1.5 million more displaced people, a figure one aid worker bluntly calls “overwhelming.”

The borough’s Bangladeshi community remained tense more than a week after two men were gunned down a few blocks from a humble storefront mosque in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens on Aug. 13. Jewel Chowdhury, the general secretary of the Jalalabad Association of America, says the Muslim c

“If a person comes from behind and he shoots someone dead and he does not ask for watches, he does not ask for money, what is it? If it is not a hate crime, what would it be?”