Perennial scandal-maker (and political survivor) Jacob Zuma is on the hot seat once again, this time over his palatial taxpayer-funded estate.

Congress’s proposed relief package for Puerto Rico would require the island to be more forthright about its pension costs, but it would allow state and local governments to continue downplaying the size of their debts.

The growing anxiety is concentrated among Jacksonians, whose consciousness has been activated with particular force in the last 12 months.

China is taking control of one of the world’s critical shipping lanes, and Obama appears to not want to confront them directly.

German prosecutors investigate comedian for anti-Erdogan poem.

Maduro expands the weekend. Venezuelans are not likely to celebrate.

Brussels is contemplating imposing visas on U.S. and Canadian travelers unless reciprocal restrictions are lifted on several eastern European countries.

Outstanding student loan debt now stands at over a trillion dollars, and millions of borrowers are in dire straits.

New research suggests climate models are overstating the cooling effects of clouds. This is bad news for two very different reasons.

Benjamin Netanyahu is coming to Africa, in the latest sign of Israel’s diplomatic pivot south.