Burmese parliamentarian and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi capped off her world tour with a historic address to the U.K. Parliament. But for all the accolades she has received abroad, she knows how much more of a struggle there is to wage back home
Leaders of the Group of 20 left their latest economic talks Tuesday with no answers to the biggest, most vexing international dilemma: what to do about the faltering Eurozone.
Criticism by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron of proposals by Socialist French President François Hollande to hike tax rates on the rich sparked irritation in France; a closer look reveals that the U.K. is hardly the Thatcherite paradise the posh Cameron claims it is.
Rights groups say authorities in the northwestern Romanian city of Baia Mare forcibly evicted hundreds of ethnic Roma, or Gypsy, people and relocated them to a run-down chemical plant where many fell ill
— number of people aboard a small vessel that capsized off the shore of Christmas Island, Australia, home to the nation’s immigration and detention center. The island is a common destination for refugees, particularly for Iranians, Indians, and Afghans. It is thought that those on board were seeking asylum.
The non-politician who became Prime Minister has been bogged down by--surprise!--politics. But the pols know that if they don't play nice, the economy will eventually get all of them
Can Apple navigate the opportunities and perils of the Middle Kingdom?
Stories of note today: Western intervention in Syria, Pakistan's political dramas and more deadly protests by Tibetans in China.
Antonis Samaras opposed a bailout and then voted to support another. Now prime minister, he must figure out a way to bring the Greek economy back from the dead
— number of those still held in slavery around the world as estimated by the State Department’s annual report of human trafficking released Wednesday morning.
The Yemeni army has had remarkable success evicting the terrorist group from towns it held. But military cohesiveness is weak--and a suicide bomber managed to kill the leader of the campaign.
