Portugal’s reigning coalition has a stronger finish than expected in Sunday’s elections, giving hope to other pro-austerity incumbents in Europe.

In the wake of the Iran Deal, Saudi Arabia appears to be working to get all the Sunnis on the same side.

For those who think the Middle East doesn’t really matter all that much anymore, a major oil crisis that destabilized the global economy would be an important wake-up call.

Novelist Julian Barnes gets it right in his new book of essays: the best way to see a painting is to look, and keep looking.

The Asian American community is quietly growing more and more dissatisfied with the convoluted admissions regime at America’s elite colleges.

If educated Arab women respond to repression by adopting a transgressive liberationist agenda, it won’t serve any of us well.

The Taliban appear to have the momentum, even if they ultimately lose this battle for the city.

Thanks to an exhibition hosted by the National Gallery of Art, museumgoers are getting an uncensored, rich, and occasionally rough-around-the-edges view of a key Impressionist in his formative stages.

President Obama may not have a coherent strategy. But maybe it’s too soon to judge with confidence how the end result of his contradictory, floundering policies might play out—in the Middle East and in the world at large.

European leaders appear satisfied with Russia’s willingness to conclude some kind of peace in Ukraine.