France urged to repay Haiti billions
A group of international academics and authors has written to Nicolas Sarkozy calling on France to reimburse the crushing "independence debt" it imposed on Haiti nearly 200 years ago.
Why is Morocco Picking a Fight with Spain?
As Morocco refuses to back down in a centuries-old dispute over two Mediterranean enclaves, many see the spat as yet another sign that Spain is losing the respect of the global community
Bahrain arrests Shia activists
Four Shia Muslim activists, including the head of the Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy, are arrested in Bahrain on security related charges, officials say.
Diplomat and poet al-Gosaibi dies
One of the best-known writers and public figures in Saudi Arabia, Ghazi al-Gosaibi, dies of cancer at the age of 70.
SA opposition parties will merge
Two South African political parties agree to merge, to challenge President Jacob Zuma's ruling African National Congress.
California to force rail companies to come clean on Holocaust role
Rail companies will be forced to come clean on their role in transporting Nazi victims during the Holocaust when they bid for a multi-billion-pound contract to operate a new bullet train in California.
Why Hollywood ignores Hiroshima
American cinema is omnivorous. It has swallowed almost every subject from the trivial to great historical events, and then spewed them up. However, there is one subject it has refused to tackle directly: the bombing of Hiroshima and its consequences.
Teen sex not always bad for school performance
There's good news for parents who worry that their teenagers' sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don't have sex.
Superheroes 'poor role models '
Modern-day superheroes promote a macho, violent stereotype for young boys, a US psychologist has warned.
Roma protest blocks French bridge
Roma (Gypsies) block a major road near Bordeaux in protest after hundreds of them were evicted from an illegal campsite.
Living in fear
Deserted city streets left by Mexico's drug wars
North Korea takes to Twitter
North Korea's propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account.
As U.S. combat troops exit Iraq, unresolved issues are left behind in a country facing an uncertain future
Seven years. $748 billion. 4,414 American servicemembers killed — and more than 130,000 Iraqi civilians.
Yemen, World Bank Fighting QAT Addiction Among Youth
The World Bank’s Civil Society Fund awarded six Yemeni Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) financial support for civic engagement in the fight against Qat,
Yemen affirms new oil and gas discoveries
Yemen's Minister of Oil and Minerals Amir al-Aydarus affirmed on Sunday that new exploratory works in many oil sectors have given positive
Why South Korea is proposing a reunification tax
A reunification tax proposed Sunday by President Lee Myung-bak would help South Korea's economy recover from the more than $1 trillion cost of merging with economically-stunted North Korea.
Brodsky in Israel under cloak of secrecy
The suspected Israeli spy released by Germany on bail in a case linked to the killing last January of a Hamas leader in Dubai is reported to be back in Israel.
Desperate housewives
The angry women protesters setting Kashmir ablaze
Peace marks historic mass at Sümela Monastery
A historic Christian mass at Turkey’s Sümela Monastery in the Black Sea coastal province of Trabzon -- a first in republican history -- was marked by peace contrary to widespread concerns that the religious service would be the target of an act of provocation by Turkish ultranationalists.
Netanyahu looks beyond Turkey in rare Greek visit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins Israel's highest-level visit to Greece on Monday, in a sign Israel is looking beyond its troubled alliance with Turkey for other strategic Mediterranean partners.
U.S. aid, 164-ft. statue
In April, the president of the poverty-stricken nation of Senegal unveiled what he boasts is the world's "highest statue" — a $24 million bronze artwork called "African Renaissance" that measures slightly taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Water diversion project moves tide of people
For 6-year-old Tan Huilin, the long journey was exciting, wondering what her new life would be like.
Howard calls for Dr Kelly inquest
Ex-Conservative leader Michael Howard urges a full inquest into the death of government scientist Dr David Kelly.
Turkey dismisses allegations that it used chemical weapons
Turkey has dismissed allegations that it has used chemical weapons against members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization during its operations, claiming that such reports only serve the interests of the terrorist organization.
India offers talks over Kashmir future
India's prime minister has appealed to the people of Indian-controlled Kashmir to end violent protests and said his government was ready to hold talks to resolve their long-standing problems.
Russians Criticize Putin on Corruption, Poll Says
Russians like Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for boosting Moscow's image abroad and improving living standards, but fault him for not fighting corruption or reining in billionaires, according to a new survey.
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