Qatar dominates the global LNG trade, but it’s position threatens to undermine the stability of both the Middle East and the energy market. Makes one want to frack, no?

Kurdish oil shipments remain in limbo, while the underfunded and -supplied peshmerga struggle to fend off ISIS. Now the Turks say it is time for the U.S. to let the Kurds sell openly.

India’s energy supply can’t keep up with demand, prompting one aluminum company to consider siting a $3 billion project abroad—possibly in Iran—where inputs are more reliable. Modi has his work cut out for him.

US oil and gas production has boomed in recent years, and new projections from the EIA suggest next year will be even better.

Double-digit rate hikes will hit several states as a result of a botched Affordable Care Act “fix.” But the bigger problem remains: even single-digit hikes above inflation will eventually drive us bankrupt.

Could it be that liberalism spawns counter-ideologies because of its very own nature?

A large demonstration against Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif is set to take place on the country’s Independence Day, and troops are patrolling the streets.

Russia is conducting military drills on the Kuril Islands, which are disputed by Japan. This does not bode well for the region or for relations between the two powers.

“We have experience” of Indonesians returning as terrorists from Afghanistan, and don’t want to repeat it with ISIS, officials said.

Government forces are on the verge of trapping the Syrian Free Army in Aleppo for a siege the rebels probably can’t win. This could be the beginning of the end for Syria’s moderates.