There’s trouble brewing in California’s Democratic coalition, with the stridently green coastal elite facing off with a working class that objects to the costs of their policies.

Medical schools across the country are starting to implement three-year degree programs, while more students are trying out legal apprenticeships as an alternative to law school. Is a sea change in professional education on the horizon?

Farmers in India are planting drought-resistant varieties of rice, and are being rewarded for their efforts with higher crop yields and incomes alike.

The ISIS onslaught shows that now isn’t the time for Kurdish independence. The KRG will be hard-pressed to defend itself and needs all the friends it can get.

One day after he accepted $1 billion from Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Saad Hariri is returning from exile. This is part of a broader Saudi strategy.

Offshore fracking is seen by some as the next energy frontier, as companies are using the technique more commonly associated with onshore shale drilling to access deepwater oil and gas reserves.

Even with the U.S. lending a hand from the air, local forces might not be strong enough to hold ISIS at bay on the ground.

Beijing is struggling mightily to catch up to the shale revolution, which to date has only occurred in the U.S. A number of hurdles, both above and below ground, forced China to cut its 2020 shale targets in half.

Hamas may have restarted a war that it can’t win, as Egypt works with Israel to crush it.

Walmart clinics and frequent home visits both save the health care system lots of money without compromising on quality. The growth of this two means of providing care can’t come fast enough.