Thanks to fracking, American natural gas production will exceed consumption in 2018.

The new head of Russia’s Central Election Commission announced the formation of a task force comprising several branches of the security services to prevent election rigging. Just whom they will actually be fighting remains an open question.

At a time like this, China should be reaching out to its friends in the rest of the world. But it’s doing the opposite.

This kind of hazy, fog-of-war reporting from far afield fails to deliver the kind of illuminating coverage readers deserve.

China’s statements are getting more and more belligerent.

Battling surging Iranian output, Saudi Arabia is cutting its crude prices in Europe.

Transpartisanship: A new kind of political alliance.

Militants calling themselves the “Niger Delta Avengers” have blown up so much infrastructure that oil production is down one million barrels a day.

A proposed nuclear power plant could provide 10 percent of Finland’s electricity, but worries over Russian involvement are complicating matters.

Japan continues to deepen relationships with a portfolio of regional powers.