The battle for Homs could go a long way toward deciding the outcome of the Syria civil war. The Assad regime says it is on the verge of taking the entire metropolis back from rebel forces. Is rebel resistance in central Syria about to be completely wiped out?

The US State Department announced that it won’t make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until it receives the approval of the Nebraskan Public Service Commission. As a result, Democrats won’t face scrutiny on an issue that enrages their base until after the midterm elections.

As Modi draws closer to becoming India’s next Prime Minister, BJP candidates continue to express anti-Muslim sentiments. Concerns that Modi hasn’t sufficiently renounced his party’s sectarianism still linger.

The Supreme Court was right to uphold Michigan’s affirmative action ban, but this doesn’t mean we can ignore the lingering effects of years of entrenched racism.

Islamist militants perpetrated one of the deadliest attacks on Algeria’s military in years. Can the country’s aging leaders face down an Islamist insurgency once again?

The FTC wins its case against a proposed hospital merger in Ohio. Consumers would benefit from more such trust-busting, because consolidated hospitals drive up health care prices.

A lesbian couple marked the first same-sex church wedding in England last week, a milestone which helps illuminate some of the debate ongoing among Protestants over the issue of same-sex marriage.

Poland’s Prime Minister is proposing a European energy union to help counterbalance Russia’s natural gas advantage.

Federal student debt forgiveness programs have been growing at an alarming pace, and some in government are beginning to call for scaling them back.

The lawyer suing X-Men director Bryan Singer claims that the sexual abuse of minors is widespread and hushed up throughout Hollywood. These kinds of crimes are not just a problem for the Catholic Church.