The US stands out for lack of policy response after mass shootings.

The US gun death rate is the highest in the G7.

The US has more mass shootings than any other nation.

The US gun ownership rate is the highest in the world.

On gun deaths, Americans knew what needed doing half a century ago.

John Boehner’s resignation foreshadows the United States’ turn towards completely dysfunctional politics at home, à la Turkey.

China’s 2007 test of an anti-satellite missile added nearly 3,000 fragments to the number of deadly or destructive items orbiting earth.

Much of the French debris can be traced to an accident in 1996, when a military satellite collided with a spent French rocket.

Turkey is no longer seen as a staunch ally in NATO but as a wayward country that wears religion and ideology on its sleeve.

Europe alone cannot be asked to single-handedly shoulder the migration/refugee crisis facing the world.