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Oil prices have plummeted 40 percent since June ― good news for oil-importing countries, but bad news for Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, and other oil …

Last week, the last American general to lead combat operations in Afghanistan officially lowered the flag to signal the end of the U.S. coalition’s …

“Cyprus with nukes.” That’s how someone, maybe me, referred to Russia in an IM conversation this morning. It’s not really a fair comparison; Russia is …

Two years ago, a Taliban gunman boarded a school bus in Pakistan and fired a shot that outraged the world. He seriously wounded 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai. …

As expected, the monthlong extraordinary parliamentary session that began Monday is sailing thorough rough waters, darkening prospects for its legislative …

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a fresh mandate by winning a landslide in Sunday’s snap election, which he called as a referendum largely on his …

When other people do not believe what you say, it really puts you on edge. When you believe (and know) that something does not exist but circumstantial pieces …

As the world watches to see what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does with his renewed mandate in Japan, my eyes are on Haruhiko Kuroda instead. After all, the Bank …

Recently, the whole nation was shaken by the Korean Air “nut rage” case. The Korean people’s anger boiled over when they heard about the embarrassing …

Every year now for more than three decades, the World Bank has published the World Development Report, a survey and synthesis of current thinking on a major …