Bishara A. Bahbah taught at Harvard University, where he was the associate director of its Middle East Institute. He served as editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem-based Palestinian newspaper, Al-Fajr. He ...

For 50 years, Graciela Iturbide has been one of Latin America’s most acclaimed contemporary photographers, producing visceral, haunting images that paint a nuanced picture of her homeland — and the ...

They called it an “emergency” U.N. Security Council meeting but no one had any idea it would lead to a real crisis. Jesse Ross was a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Missouri-Kansas City ...

This luxurious German touring car, a 1935 Maybach, was given by Adolf Hitler to the Maharaj of Patalia, one of the princely states of India. (Wikimedia Commons) Clay tablets from ancient Egypt. A ...

Somaliland's representative in Washington, D.C., Bashir Goth, sits between the flags of Somaliland and the United States in his office in Alexandria, Va. (Washington Diplomat) On one of Bashir Goth’s ...

Americans tend to look back on the Cold War as a difficult but successful time during which the United States and its allies assembled a coherent grand strategy and followed it for more than four ...

A handful of World War II veterans were guests of honor at two events in Washington, D.C., in May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the end of the war in Europe 11 months ...

At left: Guatemala, Czech Republic, Cambodia, Zaire, Australia (Queensland), Albania, Bosnia, Zambia, Algeria. At right: David Mack, former US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, holds up the ...

U.S. Army tanks and personnel from A Company pose for a photo under the Hands of Victory monument in Baghdad’s Ceremony Square in November 2003 shortly after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The Hands ...

Many in the United States look beyond their borders and see a dangerous world with raging wars, surging violence and deepening instability. But a new report by the Eurasia Group, a leading political ...

Haflin Nazri Aziz, wife of Malaysian Ambassador Mohamed Nazri Aziz, sits in her Washington DC residence. Behind the many ambassadors who are busy representing their countries in the United States are ...

Washington’s newest crop of ambassadors includes five women, two diplomats who have previously served here, and one son of a former ambassador. They represent a variety of countries ranging from the ...