Robert G. Mugabe has run this country for so long that his presence is like some common particulate in the air, taken in with every breath. Gladys Sithole can barely recall a Zimbabwe without him, this inescapable "old man," as
Spain's two main political parties curtailed campaigning for the general election after a gunman suspected of belonging to Basque militant group ETA killed a former city councilman.
Three prominent financial executives were summoned before Congress on Friday to face questions about the huge paydays that they earned from the subprime mortgage boom, even as their companies have lost billions of dollars and thousands of borrowers have lost
With the two Democratic presidential candidates in near-deadlock and battling for every delegate, party leaders and the rival campaigns started searching in earnest on Thursday for a way to seat barred delegations from Florida and Michigan . But they remained
China has expressed "grave concerns" to the Sudanese government about the recent violence in western Darfur and is actively working to resolve delays in establishing an international peacekeeping force, China's special envoy to Darfur said Friday.
The Thai police said Friday that a Russian businessman regarded as one of the world's most notorious arms dealers would be held here for investigation even as the United States seeks his extradition.
The families of the eight students who were killed by a gunman at a prominent Jewish seminary in Jerusalem on Thursday night buried their dead on Friday as the Israeli authorities tightened security around the city.
For all the success that Democratic presidential candidates have had in raising money — taking in a combined total of over $500 million in the current race — the Republicans are beating them in one crucial area of fund-raising: the
The following is the second set of answers from reporters and staff members in the Baghdad Bureau. The first part of the Q&A was published on March 3. Q. What is the current state of Baghdad's hospitals and clinics? Are
A report showing the fastest fall-off in the labor market in five years raised anticipation on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates sharply later this month.
One of the world's most notorious arms dealers, suspected of supplying weapons to the Taliban and Al Qaeda and of pouring huge arms shipments into Africa's civil wars with his own private air fleet, was arrested by Thai authorities in
