The problem of corruption runs so deep in Ukraine that it is a greater threat even than Putin’s tanks rolling over the border.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey has announced that he is considering a direct combat role for U.S. troops in Iraq. How will the White House respond this time?

A recent flareup between China and Japan over the disputed islands serves as a reminder that Beijing is in no way abandoning its revisionist agenda.

Many South American Catholics are leaving the Church, largely for Protestant denominations. That’s a different challenge than the one facing the Church in Europe, and it may be Pope Francis’s mission to address it.

The kerkuffle in Europe over Jean-Claude Juncker is as much about corruption as it is about a mounting crisis of legitimacy of European institutions among its electorate.

The sacking of Georgia’s pro-West Defense Minister and the resignation of its Foreign Minister has thrown the government into disarray and called into question the country’s Euro-Atlantic orientation.

Second milestone for Obama on Asia trip as big us concessions to India put global trade deal in reach.

Some stories of interest—”and other curiosities”—from around the web.

Patients shop better when they know prices ahead of time, even when they’re not influenced by co-pays and deductibles. So why is price transparency missing from the reform agenda?

Bashar al-Assad is starting to lose the confidence of his closest base of support: his own Alawite sect.