Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was projected to cruise to a commanding victory on Wednesday, according to the quick count results of several polling agencies

A short circuit at a reactor near Hamburg has reignited Germany's nuclear debate, just in time for the September elections. But as young Germans shift their focus to combating climate change, this once anti-nuclear nation could be thinking differently

China's arrest of four Rio Tinto employees for "selling state secrets" has thrown already fraught relations with Australia into an uproar

While France and Britain want sanction threats, the G-8 gives Iran a few months to respond to an offer of talks

Ever pragmatic, the President appears to be more concerned with what Berlusconi does in Afghanistan and what he says about Iran than what he does and says in Italy

In the days before Barack Obama's first trip to Africa as U.S. President, the excitement on the streets of Mali's capital, Bamako, is echoed throughout the continent. But how much good can his visit actually do?

Nine years after a Russian submarine accident killed 118 sailors, Moscow wants to forget the episode. But for those who lost loved ones, it's time to remember

The violence that has claimed at least 156 lives in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang this week is rooted in long-standing grievances among China's Turkic-speaking Muslim minority

Authorities and troops have brought Urumqi largely under control since the deadly riots on July 5, but healing the wounds of the past week will take much longer

The Afghan war is going badly, and Stan McChrystal wants to fight it differently. He doesn't have much time

The move, which should help Turkey's case to enter the European Union, means the Turkish military can be prosecuted in civilian courts for the first time

The Michael Jackson concert would feature rehearsal footage, performances by his family -- everything but the King of Pop himself

The eight countries that once ruled the global economy no longer have the power to shape it among themselves

Renowned for the way its men harass women on the street, Egypt is finally taking steps to tackle the issue of sexual harassment -- and it's using religion to help

South Korea has fingered its northern enemy as the culprit, but the evidence isn't so clear

While the demonstrators may feel that they reached an important milestone, the government's ability to crack down appears infinite

Attempts to revive street protests against the regime's handling of the election and its aftermath are dispersed in a new wave of beatings and arrests

Did Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper subsidiary pay $1.6 million to settle court cases that exposed the alleged fact that its journalists illegally hacked the phones of politicians and celebrities?

The Indonesian President, who appears to have easily won re-election on July 8, has been lauded for his stewardship of the world's most populous Muslim nation

A 2006 ban on Internet gambling in the U.S. is prompting poker promoters to take their card game across the Pacific in hopes of setting down roots in Asia's Las Vegas, Macau