The Israeli electorate has spoken. After a bitterly acrimonious political campaign, and an election on March 17th that saw the highest voter turnout (72.3 percent) in recent memory, Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu has received a reinvigorated mandate to govern.
Coming clean on Crimea;
A step forward in the Arctic, and a step back on energy
You wouldn't know it from the mainstream media, but President Obama has an Iran problem. His administration has wagered - and wagered big - on the idea of a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. But the effort is increasingly unpopular, and a hard sell among the American electorate.
U.S., Japan, India to conduct joint naval exercises;
India eyeing $3B defense package with Israel;
Pakistan: India bigger threat than terrorism;
ISIS thwarted in Afghanistan;
Taliban rejects new peace talks
An increasingly costly Ukraine policy;
Speedy arrest of suspects in Nemtsov's murder