Thailand’s Constitutional Court has booted the prime minister from office, deciding an important battle in favor of Thailand’s opposition. But the war is far from over.

If you really want to save the planet, you’d get rid of your resource-devouring pets. At least, that’s what the latest bit of green advice suggests.

The China-Vietnam skirmish in South China Sea illustrates how easy these territorial disputes can escalate to conflict. It also shows how aggressive China can be in achieving its territorial ambitions.

The AFL-CIO is blocking a tax hike pushed by the state teachers’ union. Two big Democratic constituencies are turning on each other.

Gunmen opened fire on a crowded marketplace in a small Nigerian village, in an attack that left over 300 people dead. Boko Haram is likely to be behind the massacre.

The EU imported nearly 3.5 times more coal in 2013 than it did in 2003. For a group of countries with such ambitious green policies, that’s not a good sign.

Spain is welcoming back the descendants of the Sephardic Jews it expelled in 1492, giving out passports to whoever can prove their lineage.

The old don’t work and the young don’t get paid in Blue Massachusetts, the state with worst pensions system in the nation.

We now have even more evidence that hospital consolidation leads to higher health care prices. Will the FTC finally act?

Polio, after near-extinction, is on the rise in some of the world’s most troubled states. In response, the WHO yesterday announced a world health emergency.