An interactive visual explainer from International Crisis Group on the Strait of Hormuz, its global importance, and what may come next.

An interactive visual explainer from International Crisis Group on how Myanmar’s military fortified Sittwe as the Arakan Army closes in on Rakhine State’s capital.

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A Democrat seeking the nomination to challenge Hudson Valley Republican Rep. Mike Lawler joked about child porn, having sex with a 17-year-old, masturbation and even sexual innuendos about his own …

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...

Putinism abroad always morphs into Putinism at home. And we chose this path. Why? Because something-something the price of eggs.

Briarcliff Manor deputy mayor pledges to fight Trump, won't divest huge holdings in Microsoft stock

Just before Christmas, Lawler lashed out at me and a host of Democrats - plus Marjorie Taylor Greene. I've responded as did three Democrats looking to face him in November.

The United States should have allowed most of these immigrants to reside and work in the country legally. They could have been economic assets to the United States, and it serves no legitimate purpose to send them back to, at best, horrific conditions in Venezuela and, at worst, more persecution.

A nine-letter social media post was all it took for the Department of Homeland Security to spark a torrent of backlash online this week, drawing the ire of politicians and prompting comparisons to Eur...

Crisis Group is launching a new program on Global Issues and Institutions. The program will include (i) a project on global order and peacemaking; (ii) Crisis Group’s eEarth project monitoring resourc

UPDATE: The field narrows as Effie Phillips-Staley backer says the progressive Tarrytown trustee is in the race for the long run.