The Houthi rebel group is marching on Sana’a. Their gains, with Iranian backing, are rapidly turning Yemen into a new front of the Shia-Sunni wars.

Efforts to fight Ebola, tragically, tend to undermine the social trust that is so vital to containing the disease.

Beijing announced a ban on low-grade, high-polluting coal earlier this week, but reports have emerged suggesting that power plants will be exempt from the new restrictions.

The Institute of Medicine has released a new report looking to fix end-of-life care through smarter Medicare reimbursements. But our reluctance to talk about death and dying works against advance planning, and that will be hard to overcome.

The arrest of Russian oil baron Vladimir Yevtushenkov tells us that, sanctions notwithstanding, Putin remains firmly in control of Russia’s oligarch class.

The FTC has had three big wins recently fighting hospital mergers, and the whole industry is getting nervous. Given the way medical monopolies can reduce competition and increase prices, this move is coming not a moment too soon.

Scotland’s resounding “No” vote is a welcome demonstration of the moderation and practicality that has made Great Britain the envy of all the world. But the entire episode has sounded the death knell of centralized government. Washington and Brussels, are you listening?

If the EU is to meet the mounting foreign policy challenges on its southern and eastern peripheries, it must first come to terms with its past policy failures.

Ahead of next week’s climate summit in New York City, the UN is trying to shift the focus away from crafting a global climate treaty.

Xi is in India to meet with Modi, and the two have sealed some massive economic deals, with even more expected to be on the way. At the same time, things are only getting worse for their geopolitical rivalry over a half century-old border dispute and China’s maritime expansionism. For the time being, the world’s two most populous countries will continue to have a paradoxical diplomatic relationship: Economically sweet, and politically sour.