World

In the end, a long-awaited Senate vote on the oil sands pipeline was all about U.S. politics. Why that could spell more bad news for Alberta

A monument meant to remember the victims of Nazi occupation has instead shown a present-day effort to ignore a terrible past

Why Obama would want to expand the potential scope of co-operation with Iran—even if it makes old allies nervous

’I think he’s the most anti-politician we’ve had in the White House perhaps since Dwight Eisenhower’

The trial of a former leader of the Communist state’s prison system is forcing Bucharest to face its dark past

Maclean’s correspondent Michael Petrou reports from Darakshakran camp in Iraq

C.Y. Leung was a divisive figure even before the Occupy Central protests. Could his resignation be in store?

Barbara Amiel looks at how the West should deal with the threat of the Islamic State

Colby Cosh on how to reduce the glamorous appeal of guerrilla warfare

The mass protests appear to be winding down peacefully, without a shot fired—and, to the protesters, that’s proof they now hold the power