Good thing, too: it’s a terrible policy that helps finance al-Qaeda and incentivizes terrorists to keep on kidnapping.

Britain closed its embassy in Cairo to the public yesterday over heightened security concerns. As a symptom of the security situation, this is not great news for a country that desperately needs a respite from chaos.

To an embattled U.S. administration struggling to cope with a Middle East in meltdown, a no-deal deal with Iran looks very attractive. And the Iranians know this.

Tough times are forcing Venezuela to cut back on generous oil subsidies to various caribbean countries—countries that used to carry water for the regime in various international bodies.

Backlash against rising immigration is boosting far-right parties throughout the EU, and Sweden is the latest host to a political dust-up over the issue.

Freedom of the press is Burma’s canary in the coal mine: Its deterioration may be a sign that the country is backsliding into the oppressive habits of the former military dictatorship.

While Detroit is not out of the woods yet, its experience points to the fact that troubled cities’ most needed structural reforms may only be possible under extraordinary circumstances.

In case you missed it on Monday evening, our podcast this week featured two previews of the essays from our upcoming issue of the print magazine—one on the background of the Mistral deal, and one on Putin’s motivations in Ukraine.

Have Buddhists attained the status of an ordinary American denomination? Yes! They are suing each other.

Way before driverless cars massively disrupt in the transportation sector, driverless trains are set to upend a whole slew of unionized jobs.