China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.

T he American-Israeli campaign against Iran is not abating. Since February 28th the two countries have bombed a range of targets, including Iran’s leadership, military infrastru ...

Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns ...

In quick succession, US President Donald Trump has taken out two of Beijing’s closest allies: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The stage is set for China's biggest political gathering - carefully choreographed annual meetings of the political advisory ...

Russia has discovered the hard way that its geopolitical fantasy of being a great power in this new multipolar world order ...

The United States and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, striking Tehran, the capital, and other large cities in an assault that has since embroiled much of the region.

It has been 72 hours since awakening Saturday morning and learning about the war in Iran; I immediately understood what ...

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important economic chokepoints, and it has just been closed off by the ...

Tehran reportedly described the move as a "strategic gesture of gratitude" for Beijing and Moscow’s continued diplomatic and ...

The Middle East is once again in the international news and the scene of a series of major geopolitical events that are redrawing the map of the Arab world and the MENA region. We are indeed ...

A map created by the CBS News data team shows the strike locations across Iran, including the capital and the site of a major ...