Pakistan’s rupee has risen sharply despite the moribund state of its economy. According to the Finance Minister, this currency windfall is thanks to a large payment from a secret “friendly Muslim country.” Anyone care to guess which country?

Even if his party manages to scrape by in Turkey’s upcoming municipal elections on March 30, Prime Minister Erdogan has already done irreparable harm to his brand.

Japan’s Shinzo Abe is working to revise rules on exporting military equipment as part of his program of militarization. But not everyone in Japan is on board.

The grocery store chain Tesco has begun tracking virtually every move of its employees with mandatory high-tech armbands. Your employer may be next.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is being squeezed from both sides, with both supporters and opponents pursuing lawsuits to challenge his policies.

The EU was handling Ukraine crisis reasonably well up until Yanukovych was deposed, but it has since lost its way. European leaders need to get their acts together.

India’s stock market has been going gangbusters over the past few weeks. Why? It’s the Modi factor.

It’s usually failed peace talks (or failed boycotts) that put Israel in the news, but some attention-grabbing domestic reforms are sweeping the Jewish state this week, with enormous consequences for the country’s Arab and ultra-orthodox minorities. Understanding the dizzying array of domestic forces in this tiny country of eight million people is important not just for US officials, but for many millions of American voters.

Natural gas is booming in America, but a new EPA report says methane leaks have dropped over 40 percent. In fact, our nation’s cattle now pose a more serious climate change threat than shale gas.

American colleges are aggressively courting foreign students, who, it just so happens, are more likely than American students to pay full price for tuition. Schools are trying everything to improve their financial prospects—everything except look for ways to cut costs.