Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai struck a defiant tone on the second day of his high-profile trial, denying charges of corruption and snapping pointedly at statements made by his wife.
The temerity being shown by the former …
Syrian rebels are claiming the government has used chemical weapons in attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives. The incident occurred as a UN inspection team was on the ground examining evidence of prior alleged chemical weapon attacks in another part of the country.
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In an unusually open move, a Chinese court tweets proceedings against the country’s most high-profile prisoner
Once a rising star in China’s Communist firmament, disgraced party official Bo Xilai is set to go on trial Thursday on charges of corruption and abuse of power. The scandal that toppled him from the halls of power shook China’s political establishment and has already led to the imprisonment of his wife. But in the Chinese megacity of …
For the 6 million Roma people in the E.U., the recession has seen a rise in populist anti-Roma rhetoric
Prableen Kaur has arrived at Grorud Naersenter, a drab shopping mall on the outskirts of Oslo, armed with hundreds of red roses and an unshakable faith in Norway’s democracy. The roses are an easy sell. “It’s an icebreaker …
Correction appended: Aug. 25, 2013, 7:27 p.m. E.T.
While violence rages in Cairo, the dysfunctional center of the Arab Spring, another unresolved conflict from that season of unrest in the region is flaring. Amid increasing …
Egyptian security forces swooped in at around 6 am local time on August 14, to clear supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi from two protest areas of Cairo. At least 638 people have been reported killed.
Konduga is a tiny community on the banks of a river in northeastern Nigeria. Its residents are mostly farmers who are accustomed to a simple life filled with days that pass like the one before. That has recently changed, as an …
Emilio Arce lives in fear of the soy plantations that edge ever closer to his home in eastern Paraguay, the landlocked nation’s heartland of grain production. “They’re just seven miles away now,” he says. Arce, 54, is a …
The blaze at eastern Africa’s largest airport left the arrivals hall reduced to charcoal at the height of tourism season
The iron-fisted Robert Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe for more than three decades. But as millions lined up to vote Wednesday, the authoritarian president has vowed to step down if he loses
Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities of the Korean War on July 27, 1953, the isolated government of North Korean despot Kim Jong Un staged its annual Mass Games in Pyongyang. The event, now a regular draw …
