Pope Francis has just issued new guidelines for all Vatican departments that push his financial reforms of the Vatican’s corrupt finances ahead. This is a drastically under-reported part of his legacy-in-the-making.

Russian tanks and artillery are again rolling over the Ukrainian border, in an apparent violation of the Minsk ceasefire.

Paris sets the stage for another postponement of its contentious deal to sell two Mistral Class warships to Moscow.

The papers are full of news of a potential rapprochement between China and Japan.

Scientists have successfully tested an antibiotic-free drug. This could be the first steps to solving the problem of the growth of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

A review of Joel Kotkin’s latest book, a look at disintegrating Libya, and the possibility that the midterms mean a fresh look at military spending.

As Germany walks back some of its renewable energy subsidies, those who bought in to the green hype are being left high and dry.

Libya’s supreme court has dissolved the UN backed parliament. Libya is a broken nation, and the United States broke it.

Russia announced that it won’t attend the 2016 nuclear talks that Obama will host in Washington. That hardly inspires confidence in Russia’s potential role in Iranian nuclear negotiations.

Our military budget has been substantially reduced, but the Republican upset in the Senate might herald a change.