Crashing oil prices and a new oil-unfriendly government pose big threats to Albertan oil sands production.

WRM has a new piece out in the WSJ on the subject that’s well worth your time.

Iran attacks another ship in the Persian Gulf. Did Tehran learn the worst possible lesson from Maersk Tigris?

Leaders of the attempted coup in Burundi were arrested this morning. Protestors, however, vow to continue their demonstrations against the country’s President.

The UN climate chief is busy lowering expectations for December’s historic climate summit in Paris.

The Baltic States are going to ask NATO to multiply the number of ground combat forces stationed in the Baltics by more than 20 times.

The sole success of the Arab Spring may be in danger of returning to old habits.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has been fighting hard to change Japan’s constitutional restrictions on its ability to wage war. But it’s a big step from making something technically constitutional to making it the law,

Israeli intelligence shows the group emplacing military hardware among civilians.

Thousands of refugees who headed to Malaysia after Thai crackdown on migrant boats are told they won’t be allowed to land.