Argentina and Iran agree to form a commission to investigate a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Italy makes a new push to clamp down on suspected tax evaders and Brazil mourns the loss of over 200 lives in a nightclub tragedy
Chinese officials and parents use social media to fight child trafficking, the oldest daughter of Angola’s president is the first female billionaire in Africa and the Czechs go back to the polls
Eleven E.U. countries decide to impose a financial transactions tax, India’s police force are often part of the problem for rape victims and the Taliban condemn Prince Harry’s comments
Air pollution in the Afghan capital is caused by congested traffic rather than fecal matter, British woman sentenced to death in Bali for drug smuggling, and Japanese Finance Minister believes the country’s elderly should die and …
North Africa’s Islamic extremists pose a formidable threat to Western countries, more than 140 countries pledge to fight mercury pollution and Iran is stepping up its number of public hangings in a bid to cut crime
Venezuela faces a shortage of staple foods, Romanian orphanages fail to provide life training for children and the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet is injured in an acid attack
China invests hundreds of billions of dollars to educate its young workforce, the world makes unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases and cell phones are part of the fight against illegal logging in Brazil’s …
A helicopter crash in central London, mercy killing of the elderly is a socially accepted practice in southern India and Chinese officials try to borrow orphans from a temple to cover up their failure to open an orphanage
Russia’s muddled policy toward migrant workers deters integration, China added 51 million new Internet users in 2012 and Tokyo is having some troubles with a tower
Greece approved environmentally-risky mining to raise cash, Beijing orders government cars off the roads to curb pollution and why the French president could soon begin to enjoy a stronger image
Serious air pollution sweeps over the capital of Iran, illegal drug use in China rises dramatically and the Russian Orthodox Church tells its followers to adopt orphans.
The Argentine president renews a dispute over the control of the Falkland Islands, the Vatican goes cash-only and the Western Sahara shares commonalities with the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
Mass demonstrations took place on New Year’s Day, with tens of thousands calling for the leader of China’s freest city to step down and demanding that the post be filled on a directly elected basis
