The Turkish PM had extraordinarily ugly words for Israel, as riots nearly overran the Israeli embassy in Ankara. Turkish-Israeli relations are definitely back on the rocks.

Argentina has until the end of the month to settle with the victors in its recent Supreme Court case, or else it will default. But so far, it looks like it might not even be negotiating at all.

France has established a standing force in Western Africa to counter terror threats. That’s likely to be helpful to both the region and the United States.

They both resent American power, and they both have Marxist roots. But can China and the Latin American lefties play nice? Negotiations may be bumpier than expected.

Patent trolls, companies that manufacture nothing but exist simply to sue productive corporations, now account for two-thirds of all patent lawsuits filed in the US. A major drag on innovation is getting worse.

Moderate Syrian rebels are under assault by both Assad’s forces and ISIS. They cannot be expected to hold out much longer.

As Iraq falls apart, the Kurdish representative in the UK asked that Kurdistan be allowed to receive Western arms directly in order to fight ISIS.

A Canadian convert to Islam who died fighting in Syria is the ‘star’ of ISIS’ newest recruiting video. What happens when the 3,000 or more Western jihadists in Syria decide to come home?

Hundreds of armed Turkish Kurds have entered Syria to save a Syrian Kurdish stronghold from ISIS. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Kurdish leader is in Ankara to talk independence and oil with Erdogan.

Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for bombings yesterday in the port city of Lagos, in Nigeria’s Christian, oil-rich south.