Although they have strongly criticised President Donald Trump’s military plan, neither France nor the UK have committed to replacing the departing American soldiers. The US president's announcement on December 18 that the US would withdraw its 2,000 troops from Syria provoked...

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country’s biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emergency on Friday and called on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in a 2020 presidential...

Valeria Palacio lives in a space dominated by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Her run-down apartment has a Chávez portrait painted on the living room wall and a little statue of the late socialist leader placed on a shrinelike coffee table, surrounded by his books and even a replica...

Export power Germany has long had a troubled relationship with selling arms abroad, a legacy of its dark history that is now spelling deep discord with its European allies. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has recently sparred with both France and Britain over the issue, while trouble...