The recent round of finger pointing between the developed and developing worlds over who is doing more to curb greenhouse gas emissions is a reminder of one of the core problems with reaching a consensus on an international climate treaty.

Boko Haram is “hitting its stride” and sending hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing before it. The government is too corrupt and inefficient to do anything about it.

There is something attractive about a group that calls itself “a community of seekers.” The term nicely fits most of us today.

China is in the middle of a major anti-trust push, mostly targeting foreign firms. Beijing claims this isn’t a protectionist agenda, but it clearly is. That’s to be expected.

Oil prices just hit a ninth month low, in large part thanks to new supplies of North American crude. Shale both threatens Russia’s economy and blunts one of its biggest geopolitical weapons.

Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto signed a number of laws this week that will overhaul the country’s struggling oil, gas, and electricity sectors. With these new reforms, Mexico looks ready to join the North American energy boom.

America and Iran both want Maliki out of power in Iraq. Does that make them strategic partners in the Middle East?

The nation’s third-largest insurer is predicting that it will lose as much of 30 percent of its new Obamacare customers by the end of the year. Attrition due to non-payment could put a serious dent in the ACA’s overall sign-up numbers.

A police round-up in Kosovo nets forty veteran jihadists, but there are thousands more out there.

Gridlock might not worsen, but a showdown over judicial appointments might be in the offing.