The hope that the MH 17 crash would galvanize EU efforts to impose sanctions on Russia now looks increasingly unrealistic.

The Assad regime is gearing up for an ISIS attack on Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. The showdown could gain ISIS fame, followers, and a strategic stronghold if it wins—or destroy the group if it loses.

A leaked letter from the New York Fed takes Deutsche Bank to task for “low quality, inaccurate and unreliable” bookkeeping.

Japan is joining the annual U.S.-Indian naval drill. Beijing can’t be happy that its two strongest opponents among its neighbors are drawing closer together.

Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has lost the support of both the Iranians and Ayatollah Sistani. Now down to only his die-hard supporters, can he stay in office?

Conflict over the rights to oil-rich land in Uganda have turned bloody, and authorities recently found three mass graves. This is a reminder that economic development can exacerbate ethnic tensions as well as reduce them.

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s strong support for the recently announced measure to allow women to become bishops in the Church of England may have been an astute political move.

NYC is seizing cars of ordinary citizens wrongly suspected of running illegal cab services.

Americans’ outdated conception of power could undermine U.S. foreign policy.

In northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram is conquering territory, most recently the strategically significant town of Damboa. The group has killed more than 2,000 people since the year began, and sadly, that grim figure is likely to increase.