A momentous (but expected) move leaves Benjamin Netanyahu the big winner, and Turkey and President Obama the big losers.

Nigeria is agitating for an emergency OPEC meeting, but don’t expect the Saudis to agree.

The Indian Prime Minister is heeding the science and pushing for more GM-friendly policies.

Erbil said the Obama plan took the Kurds by surprise.

Podemos’s links to the Chávez regime go deep.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly backing opponents of the Iranian-supported Houthis in Yemen.

Russia is considering allowing Chinese investors to own more than 50 percent of some of its biggest oil and gas fields.

The party considers bypassing Parliament on the bailout package.

Seeing right through Xi’s talk of a peaceful rise, China’s neighbors are bulking up their militaries.

Ukraine’s gas won’t get cut off today, as Gazprom received a small $15 million prepayment from Kiev. But the day of reckoning is only pushed back by a few days.