Hear that sound? It’s the sound of European knees knocking together in response to Russia’s saber-rattling over Ukraine. Quelle surprise!

Venezuela’s anti-government protestors are building barricades to keep the increasingly violent government forces at bay. The geopolitical stakes may not be as high as in the Ukraine, but for Venezuelans, the situation is much worse.

As the latest round of peace talks in Pakistan wind down amidst reports of beheadings and bombings, recent events suggest that the military, if not the civilian government, may be gearing up to fight the Taliban in earnest.

Pakistan is beginning to aid the Syrian rebels in their efforts to topple Assad, moving closer to Saudi Arabia amid a growing rift with Iran and Syria.

A top general from the Filipino military is accusing the Chinese Navy of water-hosing Filipino fishermen around the disputed Scarborough Shoal. The Game of Thrones is heating up.

MOOCs make education more affordable and more accessible for students of any age, but high-school stars, in particular, stand to benefit. By highlighting their talents through MOOCs, students at underserved schools, who could otherwise slip through the cracks, have a better shot at matriculating to top-tier colleges.

A shared mistrust of China is turning Indian and Japanese nationalists into close friends.

The Earth isn’t warming as fast as our best scientists thought it would, and a group of scientists think they know why: volcanoes. Climate change may be real, but climate models—upon which green policies like the Global Climate Treaty are predicated—are very far from “settled science.”

John Kerry put too much trust in Putin and too much faith in the doomed Geneva talks. He took a leap of faith and has suffered a crippling blow as a result.

Narendra Modi is widely celebrated for his business acumen and for presiding over “miraculous” economic growth in Gujarat, and he is widely expected to win India’s upcoming elections on the strength of that record. But if you take a closer look at his economic policies, all is not what it seems.