Responding to nuclear tests, U.S. considers intercepting North Korean shipments, perhaps with China's help. North Korea sentences U.S. journalists to 12 years hard labor for a "grave crime"--though they may be only a bargaining chip. "I have become more and more like
Drug gangs, unchecked, could turn Guatemala into a full-fledged narco-state. Mexico's drug war spreads south. Zimbabwe's power struggle continues--though huge problems persist, its economy is likely to grow this year. During the '70s and '80s Fela Kuti's music fiercely
Forecast for Pakistan by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the U.S. can't do much, but Obama's on the right track. It takes a strong president to press himself and the world to do better. Excerpts from responses to Obama's Cairo speech
We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning. Text of Obama's Egypt speech. Gingrich reawakens fear of nuclear weapons exploded in the sky frying all electronics--he's not the first politician to
Israelis miffed Obama won't honor "clear understandings" with Bush to allow settlement growth during "settlement freeze." Ahmadinejad's rival during debate attacks corruption, Holocaust-denial, general "illusional perceptions." What exactly the Chinese government says about Tiananmen Square: nothing, or the "
U.S. military investigation finds personnel in Afghan airstrikes made serious errors that resulted in increased civilian deaths. Op: There is no such thing as "The Muslim World," and Obama's use of the phrase furthers an us-vs.-them mentality. Militant extremists: They're just
Twenty years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, exiled novelist Ma Jian revisits China. Interviews with four photographers who shot Tiananmen's "Tank Man" picture. Obama and Chancellor Merkel, considered by many trans-Atlantic observers to be "frenemies," strain to out-snub one another. Thanks, Obama,
Cheney supports same-sex marriage "on a state-by-state basis." Not getting married and not having children is the new getting married and having children. For those in need of summer companionship, the humble hermit crab may be the best bet. Grim: In Tanzania, where abortion is
State Department instructs embassies to invite Iranian officials over for hot dogs. LGBT Iranians forced to flee the country and seek refugee status. Lawmakers still fuzzy as to how Rhode Island decriminalized prostitution. Look now, pay later: a visual history of the credit card. Signs of economic progress still arrive
Air France jet en route from Rio de Janeiro goes missing over the Atlantic. North Korea may test another long-range missile--this one "theoretically capable" of reaching Alaska and Hawaii. Something to celebrate about a nuclear North Korea: Arms race by one may help curb proliferation by
