A new study demonstrates that those with terminal cancer do not necessarily benefit from chemotherapy. In fact, the results show just the opposite can occur.…

Although many thought the U.S. would see it first, mandatory DNA testing—for every citizen, foreign resident, and visitor—is now the law in Kuwait. Violations of…

Like many states in crisis before it, Ukraine serves as a perfect opportunity for neoliberal transformation. While a crisis of faith, of sorts, has resounded…

Depending on how you look at it, the mood in the United States of late has been either an overdue stock-taking — as we reckon…

Following several high-profile data breaches — such as those at Sony and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management — Congress is once again feeling the…

If you want a sleepless night — or month — just listen to what Western security officials are saying these days about a possible confrontation…

More than a thousand artificial-intelligence researchers have cosigned an open letter calling for a ban on autonomous weapons, or "killer robots." As The Verge reports,…

Don't sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What matters is that the calculus of power in the…

China’s stock market suffered its biggest one-day sell-off since 2007 on Monday, with share values plunging by more than 8.5 percent. Panic selling triggered the…

Hedge fund managers and bondholders are pressing the government of Puerto Rico to drive through a series of punishing austerity measures, including dramatic cuts to…

Also the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, came to the United States the previous week and held high-level meetings with Obama…

Trying to predict the outcome of any encounter with the police is a bit like playing Russian roulette: most of the time you will emerge…