ISIS is destroying Shi’a mosques in Iraq. As the regional tensions between Sunni and Shi’a reaches a fever pitch, a massive showdown in Iraq could be next.

Germany’s Environment Minister told reporters recently that “there will be no fracking for economic purposes in Germany in the near future,” despite some hopes that a de facto moratorium on the controversial drilling process was coming to a close.

Smart technology is helping modern workplaces save time, money, and—listen up, greens—energy. But the green workplace strategy with the most potential does away with the office altogether.

In 2012, Vladimir Putin vowed to build up his military. Now Russia is doing big business in arms sales.

A recent report from Bank of America finds that the U.S. is the world’s top oil producer, surpassing even Saudi Arabia. Fracking has completely remade the American energy landscape, and President Obama must surely be grateful for the respite from bad news.

British citizens are attempting to travel to Syria to fight. The UK, like the rest of the West, can’t afford to ignore the civil war spilling across borders in the Middle East and beyond.

New, possibly surprising, results from North Carolina and Kansas show that cutting unemployment benefits might provide a better boost to economic growth than cutting taxes.

There’s nothing inevitable about the brain drain of America’s best and brightest to the big cities. Some small-town Mayors report that they’ve had great success luring top talent away from places like New York and DC.

Nicaragua approved plans for a Chinese-built rival to the Panama Canal on Monday, with construction to begin by the end of the year.

Swiss banks that have signed up for a Justice Department program on tax evasion are threatening to freeze the accounts of US customers who do not demonstrate compliance with US tax laws.