Vincent J. Schodolski

The response by Soviet officials to nearly two weeks of strikes by Soviet coal miners has shown just how precariously balanced are Mikhail Gorbachev`s political and economic reforms. The well-organized...

Dozens of insurgents who have fought for more rapid reform and greater pluralism were denied seats in the new Soviet parliament Saturday, prompting angry protests and calls for organized resistance...

The political aftermath of Armenia`s earthquake has proven to be almost as unsettling as the disaster itself. Some of the repercussions may work in favor of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev...

A Soviet military transport plane, carrying soldiers into the earthquake- devastated Armenian city of Leninakan to join rescue efforts, crashed Sunday and killed 78 people, the official Tass news agency...

Twenty-two people were killed and 168 injured when a high-speed passenger train bound for Moscow from Leningrad jumped the tracks and burst into flames, the official Tass news agency said...

Mexican aviation officials said Friday that they suspect a short circuit and a subsequent shift in the cargo of horses aboard an aged Boeing aircraft caused the plane to crash...

As Mexico`s problems worsen day by day, so does the perception here that they are becoming Washington`s problems as well. Some U.S. officials, particularly within the Central Intelligence Agency and...

The Reagan administration`s newly funded war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua promises to be a protracted conflict of small unit engagements, growing civilian casualties and little chance for a...

Under a blazing midday sun, one of President Jose Napoleon Duarte`s supporters tried in vain to prod a rally of 1,500 into chanting a cheer for their leader. ''Duar-te, Duar-te,...

President Jose Napoleon Duarte challenged leftist rebels on Friday to come down from the hills and enter a dialogue for peace in this war-weary village now heavily guarded by government...