Even the sky-high returns of the post-recession years haven’t been enough to put America’s biggest public pension systems on a sound actuarial footing.

India’s Environment Minister recently asserted his country’s right to grow (and emit), saying India’s greenhouse gas emissions will realistically continue to rise for the next thirty years.

For the first time in two years, high-level delegations from Japan and China met to discuss tensions in the East China Sea. If that is anything to go by, it’s a huge confirmation for Shinzo Abe’s strategy, and a sign that the two Asian great powers will not end up going to war.

Liberia’s Information Minister warned the international community that Ebola could bring down his country’s political and economic infrastructure. More failed states in Africa could be the scariest potential outcome of the epidemic.

Ukraine is cracking down on pro-separatist views in ways that are frustrating Western hopes for the country’s post-revolution future. There is a lot of work to be done if the country hopes to apply for EU membership by 2020.

The ugly political spat highlights a deep strategic divide.

China has a habit of claiming its provocative actions are the fault of “rogue generals.” Whether these explanations are true or false, the incidents are troubling.

The Italian energy company ENI won the rights to develop new oil and gas fields in Egypt. That’s good news for Egypt, which has experienced a sharp drop in gas production recently. It’s also a sign that Italy is looking to become more active in North Africa.

Anti-Semitism is rising in Europe, from more varied sources than in the past. Forty percent of Europe’s Jews now report that they hide their identity.

The Nigerian military is reporting a recent victory, but an account from an Archbishop in the country’s northeast paints a far grimmer picture of the government’s fight against Boko Haram.