Protesters battled riot police in Athens Tuesday as thousands of Greek public sector workers began a 48-hour strike against planned cuts in government spending. FULL STORY l STABILITY FEARS SPREAD l STOCKS PLUNGE
Governments and charities have spent billions to try to wipe out poverty, but award-winning economist Esther Duflo says we really don't know if that money has been well spent.
The only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks will be sentenced Thursday, the judge at his trial said Tuesday.
Anti-government protesters who have been blocking off central Bangkok appear to have reached a deal with the government, their leaders told demonstrators Tuesday.
Airspace over Ireland will reopen Tuesday afternoon after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced a six-hour shutdown, the Irish Aviation Authority announced.
A U.S. citizen has been arrested in New York over a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces. LATEST UPDATES | TIMELINE | YOUR STORY |
Japan's prime minister visited Okinawa and delivered an unpopular message Tuesday: it will be challenging to move a U.S. Marine Corps base off the island.
The alleged leader of a militant group responsible for global "jihadist recruitment" was arrested in Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.
Delegates from the United States, United Kingdom and France walked out Monday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the U.S. and Israel at a global gathering on disarmament.
Drug violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua left 24 people dead in the span of 24 hours during the weekend, the state attorney general's office said Sunday.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he is ready for a new round of peace talks with Israel, but he harbors a jaded view of the exercise.
Drug violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua left 24 people dead in the span of 24 hours during the weekend, the state attorney general's office said Sunday.