A lesbian couple marked the first same-sex church wedding in England last week, a milestone which helps illuminate some of the debate ongoing among Protestants over the issue of same-sex marriage.

Poland’s Prime Minister is proposing a European energy union to help counterbalance Russia’s natural gas advantage.

Federal student debt forgiveness programs have been growing at an alarming pace, and some in government are beginning to call for scaling them back.

The lawyer suing X-Men director Bryan Singer claims that the sexual abuse of minors is widespread and hushed up throughout Hollywood. These kinds of crimes are not just a problem for the Catholic Church.

As President Obama lands in stormy East Asia, China and South Korea prepare more lawsuits against Japanese companies stemming from WWII atrocities.

Pakistan allowed a Saudi prince to kill over 2000 protected birds as a gesture of friendship between the two countries.

As the MERS virus stokes fears of a global pandemic, Saudi Arabia sacks the health minister who was in charge of curbing the outbreak. We hope the Kingdom knows what it’s doing.

It won’t be a tiger in your tank, it’ll be an alligator, say scientists. Alligator fat makes high-quality biodiesel, so this Earth Day, consider starting your own gator farm.

Assad is continuing his use of chemical weapons, according to reports. The U.S. is examining evidence that a Syrian village was attacked with chlorine gas.

Doctors prescribe more expensive or risky drugs to patients after receiving free samples of the medications. We need to give MDs incentives to prescribe cheap, effective generics instead.