New research finds shockingly high death rates in Russian men who drink large amounts of the nation’s favorite liquor
Once-Secret Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks Are Leaking All Over The Place
The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks that began in near-total secrecy six months ago are now producing a stream of leaks so steady the negotiations might as well be going on in public. And in a sense they are.
When Secretary of …
Amanda Knox’s Ex-Boyfriend Stopped At Italy’s Border
Police found Raffaele Sollecito at a hotel near Italy’s border with Slovenia and Austria after he and Knox were convicted of murder for a second time
Can Peacekeepers Save the Central African Republic?
A human rights researcher tells TIME of horrors in the hinterlands of the Central African Republic as the international community scrambles to send in peacekeepers
What the Guilty Verdict Means for Amanda Knox
The American student has been found guilty of murdering British roommate in a retrial by an Italian court
Sochi Workers Faced Rampant Abuses Building Olympic Sites
Russian authorities and human rights advocates documented millions in unpaid earnings
Toronto’s Crack-Smoking Mayor Rob Ford Defends Justin Bieber
‘I wish I was as successful as he was,’ the mayor said of the pop star
Pope Francis Picks New Financial Watchdog
The shakeup continues
Former French First Lady Says Affair News Was Like ‘Falling From a Skyscraper’
‘It’s not because I’m no longer the first lady that life has to stop,” Trierweiler said
Ukraine’s President Calls in Sick in the Middle of a Revolution
It’s flu season in Ukraine, revolution or no revolution. Just ask the country’s President.
In a statement published Thursday on the website of President Viktor Yanukovych, his chief doctor announced: “The President of …
Rights Group Describes Campaign of Destruction By Assad Regime
A new report by Human Rights Watch documents the wholesale destruction of neighborhoods loyal to the Syrian opposition
Scarlett Johansson Steps Down as Oxfam Ambassador
SodaStream controversy bubbles over for the popular actress
Sochi Whistleblower Flees Russia Amid Death Threats
“You will be drowned in blood”