Robin Wright, who writes about Saudi Arabia and Iran in the current issue of The New Yorker, says upcoming Syrian peace talks have been compromised by the execution of an outspoken Shiite cleric.
Thursday was shaping up to be another tumultuous day in the financial markets. Stock prices were falling after a big selloff in Asia and Europe. The trouble seems to have started in China.
In theory we do not want to buy products made by child labor or polluting factories. But in practice, we don't want to know about a company's practices.
In response to the growing number of migrants seeking asylum in Scandinavian countries, Denmark has introduced temporary border controls. Renee Montagne talks to ambassador Lars Lose.
It's been a year since the attacks on the offices of a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris that left 17 victims dead. Ten months later, armed Islamist radicals struck the city again.
Oil prices have declined even though tensions have risen between the 2 oil producers. That would have been unthinkable years ago. An oil glut due largely to U.S. production changed the price equation.