In Uganda, the military ran this year’s beauty pageant. What this tells us about Western aid money and Uganda’s problems with democracy.

Russia is censoring websites rallying support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Clearly, the Kremlin takes the threat his movement poses pretty seriously.

Ben Ali’s Former Prime Minister, Beji Caid Sebsi, wins the Presidency of Tunisia.

The Transatlantic community paved the way for Russian aggression well before the Ukraine crisis, says Estonia’s President, Toomas Ilves.

The U.S. gave Egypt the long-promised helicopters, despite the Sisi government’s poor human-rights record.

Russian oligarchs are paying high premiums to buy their way into the UK and bring their fortunes with them.

The return of the death penalty may have as much to do with Jordan’s wider political problems as with its crime rates.

Modi tells the radicals in his coalition to focus on economic reforms rather than on divisive religious issues.

But counting out ISIS would be a mistake. Let’s not forget, the upstart terror network has repeatedly surprised experts by overcoming problems they thought insurmountable.

Yet another blow to the “settled science” in the climate debate.