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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group transits the Suez Canal, Thursday, May 9, 2019. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group 12, Destroyer Squadron 2, USS Leyte Gulf and Carrier Air Wing 7, as well as the Spanish navy Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate ESPS Mendez Nunez. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Darion Chanelle Triplett/U.S. Navy via AP)

On Watch in the Arabian Gulf: What the U.S. Navy Faces Against Iran

When oil tankers were bombed in the Persian Gulf two weeks ago, my thoughts...

When oil tankers were bombed in the Persian Gulf two weeks ago, my thoughts turned to the summer of 1987 when I sailed through the narrow Strait of Hormuz for the first time as the...

In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The Quick Read About… President Xi Jinping’s Trip to North Korea

What Happened This Week: As anticipation builds for the G-20 meeting betwee...

What Happened This Week: As anticipation builds for the G-20 meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump next week in Japan, China’s state broadcaster announced on Monday a surprise state visit...

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Trump announced on Twitter that he and Putin had a Very productive talk! about things including the Mueller report.

How to Reset U.S.-Russian Relations Today

For thirty years, since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policy toward Russia ...

For thirty years, since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policy toward Russia has been going in circles with the relationship getting worse as different U.S. administrations came and went. Today, the U.S.-Russian relationship...

New study show that glacier are melting at a rate 70 years faster than expected.

Canada's Permafrost Is Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Expected, Study Shows. Scientists Are 'Quite Surprised'

A study co-author tells TIME the speed at the thawing took researchers by s...

A study co-author tells TIME the speed at the thawing took researchers by surprise

South Sudanese refugee families queue at one of the World Food Programme's hot meals points on Feb. 24, 2017 in Kuluba, Uganda.

Angelina Jolie: What We Owe Refugees

Who comes to mind when you picture a refugee? You probably don’t imagine a ...

Who comes to mind when you picture a refugee? You probably don’t imagine a European. But if you were a child of World War II and asked your parents what a refugee was, they would...

Falafel - Essential recipe. Photographed for Voraciously at The Washington Post via Getty Images in Washington DC.

'The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Chickpeas.' Google Celebrates Falafel With a Doodle

The popular fried street food is getting its due on Google Tuesday

A health worker escorts a new unconfirmed Ebola patient to his room at a newly build MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported Ebola treatment centre (ETC) on November 7, 2018 in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ebola Has Killed 1,300 in DRC and It Just Crossed the Border to Uganda. Here's What to Know About the Outbreak

The second largest Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,300 peo...

The second largest Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,300 people since it began in August last year and has now spread across the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda....

On Watch in the Arabian Gulf: What the U.S. Navy Faces Against Iran

The Quick Read About… President Xi Jinping’s Trip to North Korea

How to Reset U.S.-Russian Relations Today

Canada's Permafrost Is Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Expected, Study Shows. Scientists Are 'Quite Surprised'

Angelina Jolie: What We Owe Refugees

'The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Chickpeas.' Google Celebrates Falafel With a Doodle

Ebola Has Killed 1,300 in DRC and It Just Crossed the Border to Uganda. Here's What to Know About the Outbreak

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