Iran is hurting bad from the oil price crash, and frustrations are boiling over.

But a quiet trickle could become a roaring flood.

A pair of suspiciously clean passports have led former Front National President Jean-Marie Le Pen to believe that Paris’ Charlie Hebdo attacks were a conspiracy on the scale of the alleged Secret Service coverup behind September 11.

Israel’s attack on a Hezbollah convoy near the Golan will force the Shi’a group to choose between bad options.

If Putin doesn’t respond decisively to Ukraine’s recapture of Donetsk airport, it will be a sign that Russia is no longer operating on the offensive.

The U.S. and UK arrange joint cyberwar exercises.

OPEC expects its production to drop significantly this year in the face of plunging oil prices.

Already on the decline, Britain’s North Sea oil reserves are struggling with the plunge in global oil prices.

Japan’s new budget raises defense spending for the third year in a row. Newly re-elected PM Abe is pushing ahead after a successful 2014.

Harvard University increased its brown energy investments seven fold last year, despite well-publicized student protests.