A suburb of Sydney is the latest farflung city to be dragged into the debate over the legacy of the “comfort women,” girls and women who were forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during WWII.

Is Obama losing the trust of the Democratic foreign policy establishment over his response to Ukraine?

Pope Francis’ example of simplicity is leading to less clerical decadence on the local level. It looks like he still has some PR tricks up his sleeve.

A Texas energy company wants to interpret a decades-old law to force recalcitrant homeowners to permit drilling for oil and gas. Building a 100 percent community consensus isn’t easy, but it could be worse: few other countries afford landowners the mineral rights Americans enjoy.

Supporters of campaign finance reform keep trying to fix our current system from within. But it’s time to change to our campaign finance system itself.

India’s elections are less than a week away, and Narendra Modi looks likely to clean up among young voters and rural residents. The second statistic, in particular, comes as a surprise.

A State Department official issued the starkest warning to China yet: Don’t get any ideas from Crimea. President Obama will soon travel to Asia to reaffirm his support for America’s allies in the region.

During recent fighting near the Turkish border, the Syrian rebels attacked a town of Armenian Christians. Armenians worldwide are raising an outcry, reminded of the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Turks.

Mali is increasing border security to contain the spread of the Ebola virus, which has already claimed victims in Guinea and Liberia.

Sales of packaged consumer goods like razor blades and cereal are down. The Fordist economy is long gone.