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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad meet in October 2015.

Cyr: Russia now shapes the Mideast

June 8, 2018 at 12:35 p.m.

Just before Christmas, a summit in Moscow brought together the leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey. President Vladimir Putin of Russia orchestrated this major meeting. After the discussions, his foreign...

A blazing Sherman tank is abandoned during the Battle of the Bulge and fight for the Belgian town of Manhay on Dec. 31, 1944.

Peace and war at Christmas

June 8, 2018 at 2:06 p.m.

This Christmas season is also the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle in the history of the United States. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany...

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump through a speaker phone in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 2.

Cyr: The complex conflict involving China and Taiwan

June 8, 2018 at 3:38 p.m.

The telephone conversation on Dec. 2 between President-elect Donald Trump and President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan was relatively brief but continues to reverberate prominently in news, diplomatic and political dimensions....

Austrian President-elect Alexander Van der Bellen, a former leading member of the Greens Party, delivers a press statement after winning the presidential election in early December.

Cyr: Europe’s mixed election messages

May 23, 2019 at 11:42 p.m.

"Don't play with fire." That was the campaign theme of Alexander van Der Bellen, the leader on the political left who has just won a runoff election to be president...

An urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro is driven through Santa Clara, Cuba, on Dec. 1.

Cyr: A look at Cuba after Fidel Castro

June 2, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

The death of Cuban revolutionary and dictator Fidel Castro is a major moment that comes in the midst of important economic changes. Acknowledging his importance as an epic Machiavellian survivor...

Cyr: JFK’s restless ghost

June 8, 2018 at 10:48 p.m.

Bad vibrations, as hip types used to say way back in the 1960s. The President of the United States travels to Texas to mitigate factional strife in his Democratic Party,...

Newly elected lawmaker Yau Wai-ching of the Youngspiration displays a banner with words reading "Hong Kong is not China" as she takes the oath of office on Oct. 12 in the new legislature in Hong Kong.

Cyr: Freedom to vote is fundamental — in Asia and globally

June 9, 2018 at 1:21 a.m.

The dramatic presidential contest and outcome in the United States has distracted attention from important election developments elsewhere in the world, including Asia. In early November, the government of China...

Campaign buttons are displayed at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif.

Cyr: U.S. Presidential politics reflects our wider society — for better and worse

June 9, 2018 at 3:43 a.m.

"We have met the enemy and he is us." The ironic statement is from the durable comic strip "Pogo" by cartoonist Walt Kelly, widely syndicated in newspapers from the late...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with civil society activists in Moscow on Nov. 3.

Cyr: Ukraine hackers embarrass Putin’s government

June 9, 2018 at 5:39 a.m.

At the end of October, hackers based in Ukraine claimed to have hacked sensitive emails at the top of Russia's government. An enormous mass of information has been released. The...

AT&T and Time Warner have proposed a $108.7 billion merger.

Cyr: Placing a call has changed our economy, society and us

June 9, 2018 at 7:22 a.m.

The telecom hills are alive with the sound of mergers. On Oct. 22, AT&T announced an agreement has been reached to purchase Time Warner, in a deal valued at an...

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