The dispute between India and the United States over an Indian diplomat’s “mistreatment” at the hands of U.S. police is getting worse. Yesterday, India requested that the U.S. embassy in Delhi stop commercial activities at a well-known club that has a bowling alley and swimming pool and other amenities. The Indian authorities also said that U.S. vehicles would not be immune to traffic offenses anymore. Then the U.S. energy minister, after a “conversation with Indian counterparts,” canceled a planned trip to India, becoming the second American official to postpone a visit there.

Fighting between rival rebel groups in Syria over the past few days may offer the United States that rarest of opportunities: a second chance. The al-Qaeda-allied ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), which just a week ago controlled a wide swathe of territory in northern and eastern Syria, is reeling from a campaign against it by less extreme rebels.

Late last year, it looked like China may have been slowly backing away from its one-child policy. Not so fast. This week, Zhang Yimou, arguably China’s most famous director, will face a massive $1.24 million fine for fathering multiple children without approval from the authorities following a public uproar.

Oscar Niemeyer’s architectural vision needed the support of authoritarian governments.

Step by step, China is extending its control of disputed waters in the South China Sea. A new rule took effect this month that requires foreign fishermen operating in almost two thirds of the entire Sea, including areas claimed and controlled by neighboring countries, to identify themselves to the Chinese authorities.

Nearly everyone agrees that college is far too expensive; more difficult is determining exactly what changes need to be made. Over at National Review, Victor Davis Hanson takes a crack at this question, proposing 10 areas where colleges should be reformed to make them both more accountable and more affordable. Some of them are things we’ve discussed here before, others are new to us; all of them are worth a look.

Two reports by leading reporters at the country’s best newspapers offer new research on what happened that night at the US mission in Benghazi, but the partisan flack being thrown around in the wake of these new revelations is mostly besides the point.

California Governor Jerry Brown is entering an election year with one of his biggest pet projects in serious trouble. In November, two court decisions made it considerably more difficult for the state to raise money for the high-speed rail project and tied up the construction in environmental red tape. On its own, this may not pose a serious long-term threat to the program, but public opinion is turning against it as well. If this becomes a hot issue again, it could be one of the few major weakness in Brown’s potential reelection campaign.

Turkey’s political crisis took a dark turn this week. Photos of Prime Minister Erdoğan’s son meeting a suspected al-Qaeda financier in an Istanbul hotel were leaked to the press. If these reports hold any water, Erdoğan could be in serious trouble.

Yesterday we reported that Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr had frozen the pensions of city employees while replacing their defined-benefit plans with a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan. But only hours after the decision was made known to the public, Orr abruptly reversed course, planning to delay the freeze until bankruptcy negotiations with the city’s retirement funds play themselves out.