A powerhouse seems less powerful: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and Sonia Gandhi, president of the Congress Party, face numerous challenges.
India’s problems have dampened hopes that it, along with China and other non-Western economies, might help revive global growth.
The response by the United States and others came as a United Nations official gave credence to suspicions that Syrian pro-government militias, known as shabiha, were at least partly responsible for the killings.
Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, on Wednesday praised the United States and other countries for ousting Syrian diplomats but said it was not sufficient.
Mitt Romney criticized President Obama’s opposition to arming Syrian rebels. Some Republicans share that reluctance, while others want to go further, urging airstrikes.
After excelling in diplomacy for years, Kofi Annan is being criticized for his peace plan for Syria, which continues to have violence despite a cease-fire.
A tunnel from Egypt to Gaza. Although the border is now open to travelers, even basic goods are moved through the tunnels.
Underground passageways concealed in a “tunnel village” lie at the heart of life and commerce in Gaza.
Britain’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, should be deported to Sweden to face allegations of sexual abuse there.
A court on Wednesday convicted the webmaster of an Internet message board for comments posted by users that insulted the Thai royal family.
The arrests of four formerly high-ranking officers have reawakened American concerns about how closely the Mexican Army may be linked to a leading cocaine cartel.
José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, said that investor confidence would rise if concrete steps were laid out for further integration of the euro zone.
Though newly identified, the virus, called Flame, could be five years old, experts say. It is designed not to do damage, but to collect information from sources.
Italian officials have been eager to upgrade their Reapers, a larger, more lethal version of Predator drones, since an Italian soldier was killed in Afghanistan while an unarmed drone hovered overhead.
Critics say the reluctance of businesses to hire Western-educated graduates who return to the homeland hurts some of Japan’s increasingly globalized industries.
Less than 10 days after an earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region, a 5.8-magnitude tremor shook the same area, killing at least 15 people.
Chief Justice Renato C. Corona was removed from office on Tuesday after it was disclosed during a trial that he failed to declare $2.4 million in foreign currency deposits.
Chapel Down Winery learned that it breached regulations that ban the use of grapes from outside the European Union to make wine inside it.
A trip outside Myanmar is a personal milestone for the democracy advocate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi — the first time she has left the country in 24 years.
A severed human foot was mailed to the headquarters of Canada's Conservative Party and another body part was discovered when police intercepted a second suspicious package, police said Tuesday.
The prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, compared each abortion to an airstrike that killed dozens of civilians, and said that the procedure was the same as murder.
Prime Minister Mario Monti suggested that soccer be suspended for two or three years after a match-fixing scandal shook the country’s most beloved sport this week.
Kofi Annan, the United Nations envoy, held a news conference in Damascus on Tuesday after meeting with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
Because of the financial crisis, small businesses in Spain have been forced by disappearing credit lines to shut down or downsize.
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The fundamental question the Chinese government must face is lawlessness. China does not lack laws, but rather the rule of law.
How can the United States support democracy in Bahrain without damaging American political interests?
Abortion, birth control, same-sex marriage and other social issues that have become central to the American election have long been settled in Canada.
The Department of Defense has identified 1,972 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the death of the following American recently.
