Where Americans see unjustifiable rights violations, Saudis see emergency measures that America made necessary.

The Egyptian Museum’s inability to take care of the King Tut relics points to a larger dysfunction.

Before the Charlie Hebdo attack, France was a country racked by self-doubt and in self-evident decline. Will it capture a new sense of purpose in its aftermath?

The Gulf Cooperation Council stands to lose $300 billion this year as a result of plunging crude prices, according to the IMF.

For the first time ever, Blue Cross Blue Shield has released price data on surgery costs. This is huge news.

For a change, Israel’s upcoming elections will be largely about domestic issues, but they will have historic ramifications nonetheless.

French oil major Total looks set to abandon drilling off the coast of Cyprus as it slashes spending in the face of plunging crude prices.

While Obama talks peace, Iranian allies everywhere press forward.

The State of the Union address had nothing to do with governing, everything to do with political posturing—with a mediated-image twist.

The two revisionist powers vow to counter the “interference” of the U.S.