Brussels mooted the idea of an energy union this week, a policy that would allow it to kill Putin’s divide-and-conquer gas sales strategy.

Remembering a hero, and a friend.

Indonesia is working hard to attract tourists from the Middle East. This potential Muslim Asian tiger should be on everyone’s list of countries to watch.

Adding insult to injury, Pentagon officials were forced to publicly back off last week’s ill-judged announcement that an attack on the ISIS-occupied city of Mosul was being planned for the spring. Just what is going on inside the Obama administration?

A momentous (but expected) move leaves Benjamin Netanyahu the big winner, and Turkey and President Obama the big losers.

Nigeria is agitating for an emergency OPEC meeting, but don’t expect the Saudis to agree.

The Indian Prime Minister is heeding the science and pushing for more GM-friendly policies.

A father of four and a charismatic, tireless opposition leader was gunned down just outside the Kremlin yesterday. A horrible new day has dawned on Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Erbil said the Obama plan took the Kurds by surprise.

Podemos’s links to the Chávez regime go deep.