Milk, sugar, toilet paper—what could Venezuela manage to run out of next? How about drinking water. Having created a choice between oil and water, the benevolent socialist republic chose to keep the moneymen happy and the people thirsty.

Boko Haram militants slaughtered hundreds in northern Nigeria this week while disguised as soldiers and preachers, amid reports that members of the military are suspected of abetting the terrorists.

President Obama’s former Ambassador to Syria says he resigned because the Administration’s policy was weak, incoherent, and was increasing the threat of terrorism.

Google plans to spend $1 to $3 billion on a fleet of low-orbiting satellites that will provide internet to remote areas and third world countries. Is this the future of communications?

Asian regional tensions erupted into an open exchange of words at the Shangri-La conflict this week, as the United States and Japan accused Beijing of destabilizing the region. China’s response was nasty.

In a rousing commencement speech, Michael Bloomberg told Harvard’s newest grads, and the academic community at large, that they must not shut out dissent on campus.

A Navy warship with 1,000 Marines aboard deployed to the coast of Libya yesterday, ready to evacuate citizens whom the State Department warned to leave that increasingly volatile country.

Minnesota legislators just held an “unsession” and repealed 1,175 laws. So relax: It’s no longer illegal to carry fruit in a container of the wrong size.