June 30 matters less than July 9—and possibly, July 4.

Contentious EU meeting runs until 3 a.m., ends in recriminations, with no long-term answer found.

Are Ayatollah Khamenei’s eleventh-hour demands a sign he won’t take yes for an answer, or that he think he has the U.S. cowed?

Iran is mentioned prominently in this year’s state department report on terrorism. What will next year’s show, after Iran’s coming windfall?

Sub-Saharan Africans are heading to Europe via Libya, making a dangerous but right now very rational decision.

As the Iranian ship approaches Yemeni waters, a familiar refrain.

Two recent canonizations are the latest gesture the media has willfully misinterpreted.

Does we support Shi’a militias in a potential bloodbath, or wave goodbye to Iraq as we know it?

Iran attacks another ship in the Persian Gulf. Did Tehran learn the worst possible lesson from Maersk Tigris?

The Finns enter government, and Cameron comes back with a referendum mandate. Podemos and Syriza, on the other hand, are down.