Scientists believe the MERS virus is carried by camels, but exposure to these animals doesn’t account for all cases of the deadly disease. Researchers are now looking into whether or not our pets may be carriers.

On the heels of this weekend’s energizing elections, Ukraine’s Prime Minister accused Moscow of stealing gas from storage facilities in recently annexed Crimea. Is this a sign of strength or weakness?

The Ebola virus is a formidable killer, and it has now spread to a third African country. We should all be worried that the containment measures haven’t been as effective as was hoped.

A LGBT activist group is targeting a UVA law professor who supports gay marriage for also supporting religious liberty. This is the new scorched-earth policy of illiberal liberalism.

The battle for the South China Sea is taking shape: with Vietnam, the Philippines, and now Indonesia on one side, and, surprisingly, Taiwan joining China on the other.

Unions are fighting to push new health care costs onto management. The fallout from the ACA’s cost-control failure continues, and it’s not likely to stop anytime soon.

Manmohan Singh was a weak prime minister by design, a new book written by his former spin doctor explains. But he achieved some successes in foreign policy, coming tantalizingly close to a groundbreaking deal with Pakistan.

The Financial Times has doubled down on its criticism of Professor Thomas Piketty’s much-discussed book. That an institution as august as the FT is going to the mat suggests that its editors have a lot of confidence in their own conclusions.

The results of Sunday’s elections in Ukraine show that “Finlandization” is not an option. Ukrainians have decisively chosen to turn toward Europe.

Are we seeing the end of an era of relatively moderate, centrist politics in major American cities? Rahm Emanuel’s recent poll troubles in Chicago suggest we might be.