U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Saturday sought to assure allies that the Trump administration will back NATO and stand with Europe even as it looks for new ways to cooperate with Russia. In the first major foreign policy address for the new administration of President Donald Trump, Pence...

(Al-Monitor)- When talking to the Russians, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasizes Syria's territorial integrity and a peaceful resolution to that country's civil war. When talking to the Americans, Erdogan advocates a US-Turkish partnership that will also include a buffer zone. When...

China has told Japan that "negative" moves by Tokyo on major issues are preventing an improvement in bilateral ties, but there are now opportunities to improve China-Japan relations. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida during a meeting in Germany that...

President Donald Trump made a messy case that he “inherited a mess” from his predecessor. Economic stats and territorial losses of Daesh (ISIS) insurgents don’t support his assertions about the problems handed to him on those fronts.A look at some of his claims in a news conference...