In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque attacks, public debate is mounting in Western democracies over the severity of the threat posed by far-right extremists.

With another five-year term, President Joko Widodo will possibly revive economic reform efforts and could take a more skeptical view toward China.

Khalifa Haftar’s march on the Libyan capital is a bid for control of a fragmented state. Backed by a set of powerful governments, he could carry on the fight for a long time.    

Iran appears increasingly boxed in by intensifying U.S. sanctions, the latest of which will effectively cut it off from its main oil customers.

A high level of coordination suggests the perpetrators had substantial expertise, possibly drawn from a foreign-based terrorist group.