If you think Saddam’s abandoned chemical weapons were trouble, what will happen when Assad’s fall into the wrong hands?

New federal audits find that insurers often “inappropriately reject” the claims of Medicare enrollees. As long as our health care remains as expensive as it is, on-the-ground restrictions will continue to make insurance programs provide access in name only.

Erdogan uses the current crisis to strip protections of criminal defendants out of Turkish law.

Geopolitical instability in Eastern Europe has led to a sudden decline in the German manufacturing sector. But that’s not all; an impending conflict between Paris and Brussels threatens to hurt the German economy even more unless the French can get their deficit-ridden house in order.

In mid-September, the German Ethics Council recommended that sexual relations between consenting adult siblings be decriminalized. It is worth noting how all arguments presented in the Council’s carefully worded document are of a completely secular nature.

Turkey starts bombing runs—on its own Kurds, at home. Meanwhile, its inaction in Syria is beginning to look more Machiavellian by the day.

New research suggests that plants absorb much more carbon than previously thought, potentially explaining some of the problems with current climate models. Once again, the green claim that climate science is somehow “settled” is proven wrong.

With ISIS fighting 20 miles from the Iraqi capital and claiming responsibility for bombings in Shia neighborhoods, the battle for Baghdad looks set to begin. No one in Washington should feel too confident in our allies’ ability to defend the city.

China and Russia are making big deals in finance, technology, and energy in order to bypass Western sanctions.

American shale producers are nervously eying the plunging price of oil, concerned that fracking may cease being profitable in the U.S. For now, the price of oil exists in a sweet spot: high enough to keep the shale boom going, but low enough to put the pinch on petrostates like Russia.