Political convenience sometimes determines whether there are benefits or drawbacks to EU membership.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is waiting for favorable conditions before engaging in direct talks with the United States.

The Communist Party is watching to make sure the Chinese military does not develop an identity of its own.

Tehran and Cairo hope to revive relations in order to achieve their regional ambitions.

A series of scandals in Spain and Italy could offer an opportunity for fringe parties to gain more support.

Ten years after the U.S. space shuttle Columbia accident, more countries are competing for a celestial advantage.

Citizens in the EU periphery want to migrate to the core, but the countries there are unwilling to receive them.

A lack of shared democratic values across ideologies contributes to Egypt's problems.

The natural gas disagreement is the latest incarnation of an ongoing issue: Kiev's independence and Moscow's opposition to it.

The possibility of a British referendum on its EU membership is generating unease throughout the bloc.