A new study finds that one-fourth of babies born at 22 weeks survived with intensive care—two weeks earlier than the current viability standards built into abortion law.

The wages of China’s one-child policy: Beijing is cracking down on the practice of sex-selection abortions to address the country’s skewed male-female ratio.

These are trying times for American shale producers, but don’t call the boom a bust just yet.

But what was the cost? The ship’s management firm reportedly put up a down payment for the settlement, but the Tigris’ release was preceded by an explicit standing down by U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

As Secretary John Kerry tries to get a humanitarian pause in Saudi Arabia’s bombing, Houthi gains in Aden, reports of swelling civilian casualties, and cross-border shelling may make a land invasion of Yemen irresistible for Riyadh.

Is Lebanon about to get sucked into the Syrian Civil War?

Russia is stirring up trouble and trumpeting its militarism in the run-up to Saturday’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of its victory in World War II. At the festivities it will roll out the T-14, the first all-new main battle tank to be made anywhere in decades. What’s the West to do?

As the Taliban attacks Kunduz, questions arise about U.S. policy.

European automakers are loathe to see loopholes in emissions testing closed, and are calling for a delay in new rules.

There are apps for almost any service you can imagine now. The new tech will take a while to find its way, but it will create jobs and likely bring the U.S. a new kind of prosperity.