The Saudis and the GCC will be venting all of their frustrations with the Iran nuclear deal on President Obama today.

The same inventive spirit that kicked off the shale boom is keeping it alive in today’s bearish oil market.

Russians on the eastern front, creditors from the West… Ukraine is fighting a two front war.

What does the revelation about Syria cheating on its chemical weapons commitments tell us about the Iran negotiations? Plenty—and it isn’t pretty.

Shale has failed in Europe, as complex geology, entrenched local opposition and byzantine regulations have strangled the potential boom before it could begin.

New treaty marks a controversial diplomatic turning-point.

A look at India, Israel, Algeria, Russia and China shows just how secularization and desecularization have worked in tandem through the years.

Iran dispatches new freighter to Yemen with “aid”—and protected by warships.

Stunts like this are designed to make the regime look ruthless and powerful, but all the really do is expose its weakness.

Moody’s has downgraded Chicago’s bonds to junk status, prompting Mayor Rahm Emmanuel to accuse the company of “playing politics with Chicago’s financial future.” That’s what blue model pols have done for generations.