Human shields may be just the start in Syria.

A new analysis on mortality paints a picture of a population with exactly the qualities—desperation, depression, deteriorating physical condition—that we should be worried about when it comes to physician-assisted suicide.

The U.S.-backed alliance in Syria is still little more than Kurds and on-paper agreements with small Arab forces.

Turkey launches fresh attacks on Kurds amidst crack-down at home.

Luxury car brands Porsche and Audi also cheated on emissions tests, according to the EPA.

The Russians would like to make it harder for America to defend the freedom of the seas. Is Washington taking note?

The company behind Keystone just asked the White House to delay its decision. Here’s what is likely behind this new strategy.

The corruption campaign is a tool for quashing dissent and consolidating power.

Japan and South Korea aren’t completely buying China’s overtures.

Whether or not someone impressed an admissions committee at age 17 is hardly the best way to measure what he or she has learned by age 22.