Japan and the Philippines are holding their first naval drills in the South China Sea. The drills won’t provoke China much in themselves, but they suggest a warming relationship that will make territorial expansion in the region less tenable for Beijing.

Even as Corker-Menendez clears the Senate 98-1, a new letter from House Dems changes the picture on the Iran negotiations again.

Syriza has made a few concessions lately, but there are two areas where it’s refusing to cede ground to Greece’s creditors: pension and labor reform.

As polls close in the UK, we will have rolling commentary as the results start coming in.

The EU announced an ambitious plan for creating a “digital single market”. But is it a stalking horse for more anti-trust suits against U.S. tech giants?

A new study finds that one-fourth of babies born at 22 weeks survived with intensive care—two weeks earlier than the current viability standards built into abortion law.

The wages of China’s one-child policy: Beijing is cracking down on the practice of sex-selection abortions to address the country’s skewed male-female ratio.

These are trying times for American shale producers, but don’t call the boom a bust just yet.

But what was the cost? The ship’s management firm reportedly put up a down payment for the settlement, but the Tigris’ release was preceded by an explicit standing down by U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

As Secretary John Kerry tries to get a humanitarian pause in Saudi Arabia’s bombing, Houthi gains in Aden, reports of swelling civilian casualties, and cross-border shelling may make a land invasion of Yemen irresistible for Riyadh.