While protesters back the candidate, the parliament must vote to add his name to the formal ballot
U.S. Promises $1 Billion in Loan Guarantees to Ukraine
Ukraine’s acting president issued a plea for assistance Monday
How to Save Elephants
In a bid last week to show his country’s commitment to curbing the multibillion-dollar-a-year illegal ivory trade, Chadian President Idriss Déby set aflame a large pile of confiscated tusks during a ceremony marking the 50th …
Why the U.S. Needs to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
President Obama delivered the strongest message yet to Karzai to sign a security agreement or the U.S. walks
Man Who Killed British Soldier Gets Life Sentence
The killer of soldier Lee Rigby said he was a ‘soldier of Allah’
China’s Apocalyptic Hellscape
The smog in Beijing has grown so bad that some have likened conditions to living through a “nuclear winter”
One Picture Sums Up Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis
The Yarmouk refugee camp, a Palestinian enclave in southern Damascus, has been under a grueling siege for months and its over 20,000 residents are cut off from vital supplies and endure chronic food shortages. Here’s the scene …
North Korea Seeks U.N. Help After Foot and Mouth Outbreak
But Pyongyang remains unresponsive to an offer of help from South Korea
Russia Orders Troop Maneuvers Amid Ukraine Tensions
Massive military exercises will involve troops in western Russia
Hospital Patients in South Sudan Shot Dead in their Beds
Murder of sick people in South Sudan potentially drives away medical NGOs
Ukraine Disbands Controversial Riot Police
Demonstrators hold the Berkut riot police responsible for the deaths of protesters
Former Pope Benedict Denies Claims He Was Forced Out
Makes rare public statement on media speculation following his resignation last year
China Charges Prominent Uighur Scholar With Separatism
Economics professor Ilham Tohti has been held in detention in Xinjiang since last month