In his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama pivoted briefly to foreign policy, reaffirming that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan will formally conclude at the end of this year.

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Former Defense Secretary Gates critiques Obama, Congress in new war memoir…

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Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world…

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Passenger train derailment, pension crisis in Illinois, Jeffrey Brown on images of war.

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A wide-ranging exhibit titled "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath" pulls moments from 165 years to reveal what happens before, during and after battle. Jeffrey Brown talks to a curator from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts about…

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Sectarian violence intensified across Iraq in late 2013 as membership in its largest jihadist group swelled. The Council on Foreign Relations provides a background report on Iraq's most dangerous terrorist organization.

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Democratic Republic of Congo is home to the longest-running conflict in Africa. But after decades of battles and more than five million deaths, UN peacekeeping forces are bolstered by a new mandate to contain the conflict.

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Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria?…

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From corroding modernist monuments to war-torn Syrian cities, some of the world’s most treasured cultural heritage sites are being threatened by various causes. Jeffrey Brown reviews a few of 100 most endangered sites from around the globe with Bonnie Burnham,…

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Push for national census reveals scars of Bosnia's painful past…

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