A low police clearance rate contributes further to a sense of disorder and lawlessness in the Windy City.

The three biggest players in an oil output freeze deal are all sounding like they’ll cooperate in Algiers later this month.

For Israel, getting closer to Japan is a hedge against an increasingly unfriendly Europe.

America’s “ratification” of the Paris climate deal was legal—only because the deal is toothless.

Cyberspace has brought about an era of persistent confrontation.

Zuma responds to bad election news by moving to tighten his grip on power.

The first thing anybody needs to do who wants to follow the news intelligently is to learn to filter out the noise in order to focus on the signal. The G-20 is noise; what goes on there has little or nothing to do with the real events shaking the earth.

An irresistible force is approaching an immovable object…

North Korea launches missiles just hours after world leaders meet in Hangzhou.

The Israeli Prime Minister kicks off the school year in an Arab village, as he tries to play Left against Right and perhaps alleviate a corruption scandal.