Attack on a U.S. official is rare in Mexico

The danger signs had been mounting. The U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez recently shut down for a bomb threat (which proved false). Federal...

ANC youth leader mired in controversy

Julius Malema, president of the African National Congress Youth League, was found guilty Monday of hate speech and harassment for saying...

Israel rejects U.S. calls to halt East Jerusalem plan

A day after trying to ease tensions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected U.S. demands to end the construction of...

Karachi 'water mafia' leaves Pakistanis parched and broke

Name a cash cow in this sprawling city of ragged slums and glass-walled office buildings and it's almost certain there's an organized...

India's government withdraws nuclear power legislation

The Indian government's bid to cap liability for nuclear plants, seen by U.S. reactor-builders and operators as a prerequisite for...

2 Americans and a third victim are killed in Mexico shootings

Three people connected to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico's deadliest city, Ciudad Juarez, were shot to death by men who intercepted their cars...

Fixing what he can in Afghanistan

The bicycle man prefers working in the sun, sitting on a cushion nailed to a wooden block, stretching out his right leg, the one with a...

3 killed in drug-related shootings in Mexico

Three people associated with the U.S. Consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez have been killed in drive-by shootings, U....

Chinese premier slams U.S. 'protectionism,' says yuan is not too low

In an annual news conference Sunday that took direct aim at the United States, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended his country's currency...

Israel's Netanyahu seeks to ease tension after Biden's Mideast trip

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried Sunday to move beyond a diplomatic rift with the U.S. even as Obama administration officials...

Chinese premier slams U.S. 'protectionism,' says yuan is not too low

In an annual news conference Sunday in which he took direct aim at the United States, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended his country's...

2 die as avalanche hits snowmobile rally in Canada

At least two people were killed and 30 injured after a massive avalanche smothered a high-risk snowmobile rally in southern British...

How Dubai unraveled a homicide, frame by frame

Lacking witnesses but blessed with hundreds of hours of video, the cops and spooks worked the case of the slain weapons smuggler like a...

China's elephants jostle for a little room

The love between man and elephant does not come easily.