Though Brazil has a presidential system, this was as much a vote of no confidence as a conviction for any crimes.

The U.S. and other governments are wise to hold their noses about the Sisi government’s human rights record and provide aid, either directly or through organizations like the IMF. But these are all stopgap measures, not a solution.

The way Moscow’s mayor has handled the demolition of dozens of kiosks in the city’s center tells us a lot about how personalized politics and corruption in Putin’s Russia works.

Bad omens in southern Europe.

Various U.S.-backed factions in Syria are set to go at it as the Obama Administration looks on helplessly.

As evidence of hacking by foreign powers into voting machines surfaces, it would be good to hear from candidates for office about their plans to defend the country from the growing cyber threats.

Investors around the world are starting to pay attention to the lies baked into the cake of the U.S. municipal and state debt markets.

The workers and the poor of Bolivia loved Evo Morales as long as he told them the lies they desperately wanted to believe were true. But now that he’s in office, the expected magic unicorns bearing cash and prizes for all have somehow failed to show up on schedule.

Hungary’s PM stance on migrants has long given Brussels the vapors. His doubling down points to real trouble ahead for the EU.

One month in the desert kingdom isn’t enough time to learn its complexities. Even forty years might not do it.