The PM is declaring success, but very few of Modi’s reforms have made it through congress, and those that have are pretty weak.

Loyalty tests and taboo topics are creeping into Hong Kong’s politics.

The UN’s Green Climate Fund lacks focus, according to its former executive director.

It’s unlikely that either movement has the cultural power or breadth of appeal to take down liberalism on its own. But taken together, they make a fearsome foe.

Russian authorities have authorized a one-time payment to pensioners next year to help in difficult times. The disbursement, however, will at least in part be funded by expropriating today’s workers’ savings.

BP just signed a new Chinese shale exploration deal, but Beijing still trails far behind Washington in this arena.

China is getting assertive in the Middle East. A consequence of U.S. withdrawal?

Famous photographs become our collective memories.

New polls show the AfD pulling ahead of Angela Merkel’s CDU in an eastern German state, ahead of elections this Sunday.

Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia recalled their ambassadors to Brazil, and Brasilia returned the favor.