Pope Francis had a mandate to bring order to the Curia and peace to warring Church factions. Neither seems to be going very well just now.

A Kremlin-allied party consisting mostly of ethnic Russians is the most cohesive in Estonia, and it very nearly won the recent election there.

Iran isn’t just doing well in the nuclear negotiations—thanks in part to U.S. policy, the situation on the ground in the Middle East is going Tehran’s way, too.

A new ruling by a British court may put an end to lavish divorce payments to non-working ex-wives. America, too, needs divorce settlements that better match the times.

A meeting between the Saudi king and Egypt’s president over the weekend shows further consolidation of a Sunni front in the Middle East.

As common core testing hits states, a small but vocal group of parents and students are choosing to sit the testing out—and they have diverse constituencies behind them.

With a real crisis brewing on Europe’s northeastern flank, leading “from behind” or leading from the “Mitte” just won’t do.

Hatred of Jews keeps getting more popular worldwide. Europe, despite its governments’ efforts to protect its Jewish citizens, is no exception.

Beijing is targeting charities, non-profits, and other civic groups. This could also signal that its persecution of Christians is about to get worse.

A crash in Asian LNG markets could be sending U.S. shale gas to Europe. Putin won’t be pleased.