The warmest winter on record has created conditions for a perfect firestorm
What Happens When Only 1.2% of Chinese Women Take the Pill: 13 Million Abortions
When you take into account abortions carried out in backstreet premises, the annual number is even higher
Greece’s Golden Dawn Crackdown: Can Far-Right Group Be ‘Eradicated’?
When Nikos Michaloliakos, leader of the Golden Dawn party, spoke to the Greek media on May 6, 2012 — after it had become clear that his party had gained seats in the country’s Parliament for the first time — he quoted …
Amanda Knox Explainer: Trial Begins in Italy for the Third Time
The American student’s court saga begins another chapter
Kenya Mall Vendors Suspect Looting
Shops plundered during terrorist attack
Facing Calls for Diplomacy, Many Syrian Rebels Reject Talks With Assad Regime
Just back from the front, where he watched his rebel-commander father die in a rocket attack launched by the Syrian army, Berri al-Hamad stalks the worn carpet of his family’s temporary refuge in Lebanon, swearing vengeance. …
Dozens Missing After Typhoon Sinks 3 Chinese Fishing Boats
Rescuers have saved 14 people, but rough waters are hampering their efforts
Al-Qaeda Gunmen Overrun Military Base in Yemen
The latest brazen attack
India-Pakistan Peace Talks Undermined by Nationalist Anger
The first meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his recently elected Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif yielded only small signs of progress, a consequence of larger tensions animating the rival nations.
Amanda Knox Murder Appeal Opens Without Her
Trial for the murder of Meredith Kercher could be ‘infinite’
At Least 10 Killed as Syrian Airstrike Hits School
Mostly students among the dead
Popes John Paul II and John XXIII To Be Canonized In April
Pope Francis has announced that Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII will be declared saints on April 27, 2014, reports the BBC. Polish John Paul, the first non-Italian Pope for more than 400 years, led the Catholic Church from 1978-2005 and Pope John was pontiff from 1958-1963.
The announcement for the date of the canonizations has …
Four Things You Need to Know About Nigeria’s Boko Haram
The leader of Boko Haram has a bigger bounty on his head than the leader of the Afghan Taliban — for a good reason. Boko Haram is very, very dangerous