As the situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine deteriorates and Russia gains the upper hand, France has hinted once again at the possibility of sending ground troops to Ukraine to halt the Russian advance.

A diplomatic spat with Russia that has threatened to shutter Israel’s quasi-governmental Jewish Agency organization, which is tasked with facilitating and encouraging Jewish immigration to "Israel."

Bush's eye-catching slip was a reminder that the world is still living with the consequences of that invasion. It broke Iraq and set off a sectarian civil war in which hundreds of thousands of people died.