One of the last countries to allow whaling is taking steps that could lead to a ban, following a shift in public opinion.

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The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen are stepping up attacks against their enemies at home and abroad.

Americans’ foreign policy views have often been free of influence from partisan politics. Now, 25 years after the Sept. 11 ...

Twenty-five years after this act of terrorism, memories of courage and unity still glow brightly. Amid growing political ...

A historian of the U.S. Constitution examines the future of democracy, as artificial intelligence tests the foundational ...

Everyone of a certain age has a story from 9/11. This is mine.Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 11, I was in the Monitor ...

As the U.S. and Iran have been trying to reach an agreement to end the war, two nuclear decisions may be prolonging the ...

The victory of Germany’s far-right party in state elections could have implications far beyond its borders. Another winner ...

The site, on Navajo Nation land a few miles south of Page, Arizona, is one of the most photographed slot canyons in the world.