Libya has become the prime destination for smugglers and migrants hoping to make it to Europe, while Italy struggles to deal with the flood of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

Argentina is having trouble paying its bondholders back due to two U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Its solution? Let’s just resolve the whole mess under Argentinian law.

The Kurds now stand as perhaps the most coherent and powerful force in Iraq, and they will probably elect to form their own state. Turkey may well be backing them. What then will Washington do?

ACA supporters say subsidies will blunt premium hikes for individuals. But shifting the burden around in this way does nothing to address our health care crisis.

Canada approved the Northern Gateway pipeline yesterday, but plenty of challenges remain for the project. Keystone remains the smartest option for everyone involved.

The recovery from superstorm Sandy has been messy in the same way the aftermath of hurricane Katrina was. Thankfully President Obama is in office, or we would have already heard all about it.

If Kiev’s forces continue to retake the border, Putin will have to choose between increasing military support or watching Ukraine wear the rebels down. If he ups his support, he risks incurring painful sanctions from the West, but if the rebels lose, he’ll suffer a blow to his prestige at home.

ISIS, the group that took over Mosul last week, uses sophisticated accounting and social media in its quest to spread violence and chaos in the Middle East. This is no ragtag group.

Seattle has reversed the cap it put on Uber drivers in March. This is a concession that will make the world greener, raise salaries, and make consumers happier all at one.

The great religious traditions of west Asia, on the one hand, and south and east Asia, on the other, approach the mysteries of the cosmos and human history from very different starting points.