Once again Iran is back in the spotlight, not for a corrupt election and electronic dissent, but for a more worrying trend: nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad is fairly scary, but an Ahmadinejad with nuclear capabilities is like the playground bully making the cut-throat motion mouthing the words, "You're next." ...more

November 4, 2009

Once again Iran is back in the spotlight, not for a corrupt election and electronic dissent, but for a more worrying trend: nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad is fairly scary, but an Ahmadinejad with nuclear capabilities ...more

November 3, 2009

SATIRE: The president's bracket has taken a major hit at just the wrong time, driving him way down in his World Leader NCAA pool. He's 24th. Here's how columnist Martin Fennelly hears some other guys are doing. ...more

March 31, 2009

If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order. ...more

March 4, 2009

Vice President-elect Joseph Biden said Barack Obama would be quickly tested by a dangerous world, with the test coming from anywhere. In a possible warning not to underestimate him, Obama has filled his national security team with centrists and relative hawks. And his willingness to talk to America's adversaries will actually make their lives harder. "What Obama absolutely must prove early on in his administration is that he cannot be played for a patsy, that he has the strength ... and that he understands his No. 1 duty is as commander in chief and protector of the United States," said Robin Niblett, the director of Chatham House, the London-based think tank. Obama's foreign policy test might come from anywhere, but there are signs that some of America's most strident foes are not eager for a fight. ...more

January 4, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama has won another contest: He's been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008. ...more

December 17, 2008

Police broke up a banned anti-Kremlin protest in central Moscow on Sunday, seizing dozens of demonstrators and shoving them into trucks. ...more

December 15, 2008

Russian oil companies could soon begin searching for oil in deep Gulf of Mexico waters off Cuba, a top diplomat said just days before Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the island. ...more

November 23, 2008

A brand-new Russian nuclear submarine returned to base on Sunday after an accident with its fire-extinguishing system flooded two compartments with Freon gas, killing 20 people and injuring 21, Russian officials said. ...more

November 10, 2008

Russia's constitution will be amended by year's end to extend the presidential term to six years, lawmakers promised Thursday - a move that could pave the way for Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin. ...more

November 7, 2008