Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared (once again) that the government is ready to hold peace talks with the Taliban, apparently putting an end to weeks of speculation about a military operation against militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Is this Imran Khan’s moment to shine?

Rahul Gandhi is coming under fire for the Congress Party’s role in violent riots in 1984 that left almost 3,000 Sikhs dead. Thirty years later, it’s becoming an election issue again.

Today the most pro-peace Palestinians ever are in charge, but they are deeply unpopular. Will Palestinians accept a peace deal, or will the PA get a black eye?

It didn’t take long for Illinois public employee unions to demand that the courts declare arithmetic invalid. Barely two months after the state legislature passed a modest but much needed pension reform bill increasing the retirement age and slowing annual cost-of-living increases, a confederation of Illinois’ biggest public sector unions have filed a lawsuit claiming the law is both unconstitutional and unfair.

A new Netflix documentary about the Arab Spring is tailor-made for a Western audience. It all-too-easily glides over some of the thornier realities of today’s Egypt.

Harry Reid said doesn’t want fast track authorization for trade legislation two days after President Obama trumpeted trade as an issue in his State of the Union address. The White House looks to be losing control of Capitol Hill Democrats.

Just what kinds of oil and gas resources are at stake in the South China Sea dispute? A new international expedition, led by China, is likely to answer that question at last.

Federal regulations are blocking Coursera from Iran, Cuba, Syria and Sudan because of conflicts with sanctions law. This is a counterproductive policy that serves no purpose.

Putin has thoroughly insulated himself from the sorts of forces rattling Yanukovych in Ukraine these days. But as he watches events unfold, he has to feel a little insecure.

It looks like India is about to become the first country since World War II to buy military aircraft from Japan. This is big news not just for Japan, which is experiencing a revival under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but also for India as it tries to keep pace with a rapidly developing Chinese military.