It isn’t clear how long the uncertainty over Ukraine’s new course will last. But the challenges that the country is facing are more obvious. Here are a few of the major ones.

A new recording purports to show Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telling his son to hide millions of dollars stashed in his house. A host of conspiracy theories and scandals is now circling the PM, who is responding with wild theories of his own.

“Damage Control,” a new show at the Hirshhorn museum, explores the death drive, the beauty in destruction, and the aftermath of the Cold War.

Vast reserves of offshore gas and newly discovered onshore oil shale fields have rapidly transformed the energy debate in Israel. Abundance may be preferable to scarcity, but it brings with it a host of new questions.

Russia is in the process of securing agreements to build military bases in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, some of Latin America’s most autocratic and anti-U.S. regimes.

Shuttered libraries, deserted rec centers, and streets in desperate need of repair: The Blue Civil War’s toll on San Jose, California, is plain for all to see.

Why is America pro-Israel? Here’s a better question that leads to the correct answer: Why does AIPAC win on some issues but lose on others?

Two new reports are savaging Germany’s Energiewende as a massive blunder that is costing Germans billions while doing nothing to protect the climate.

China’s People’s Daily has released a video game that allows users to shoot images of Japanese war criminals.

It’s that time of year again—when smog blankets China’s megacities in a toxic shroud as coal plants work overtime to heat Chinese homes. Beijing’s leadership is taking measures to address the problem in the short-term, but it needs to address the root of the problem.