Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt explains what major foreign policy issues will dominate the global landscape in the coming years

With Somali piracy surging over the last four years, the UN is calling for travel and financial sanctions on senior pirate leaders. Is this an effective way to punish the ringleaders or could it make piracy more violent? Should the focus, instead, be on the underlying problems in Somalia?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about concerns of terrorist attacks against Israel's Olympic teams in London.

Syrians flee across the border into Lebanon as President Bashar al-Assad's forces overrun two Damascus districts.

Kirkuk one of several cities hit by bomb attacks Monday.

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing.

Scores of people abandon homes as fires spread in parts of Madeira in Portugal.

People in Syria say the conflict has now taken on a sectarian dimension.

The Israeli PM discusses current issues facing the world in the Middle East.

Video of the Taliban preparing to launch an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost.

Sen. John McCain says the U.S.'s failure to lead in Syria has led to a dangerous situation in the region.

Chris Hayes and his guests talk with Akil Hashem, a former brigadier general in the Syrian army, and Sarab Al-Jijakli, founder of the National Alliance for Syria, about whether military intervention is necessary to stop the violence in Syria.

A panel talks about the situation in Syria and how it’s affecting the rest of the region. The New Yorker’s David Remnick says the country is “difficult, unstable and has the potential for disaster.