Kenneth Bae, Matthew Miller Land In United States After Captivity In North Korea
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Two Americans released from captivity in North Korea returned to the United States Saturday night, landing at a Washington state military base after their...
View ArticleHow A Libyan City Joined The Islamic State Group
CAIRO (AP) — On a chilly night, bearded militants gathered at a stage strung with colorful lights in Darna, a Mediterranean coastal city long notorious as Libya's center for jihadi radicals. With a...
View ArticleTo Build or to Destroy: The Berlin Wall and the Future of Europe
On November 9, 1989, I was an exchange student in Sc.Po., Paris. Packed with 2000 fellow students in the Institute's amphitheater, we were listening to a conference about unrest in Eastern Europe. Will...
View ArticleISIS Leader Wounded In Airstrike, Report Iraqi Officials
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western Anbar province. Pentagon officials said they had no...
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Mexico Protesters Set Presidential Palace On Fire
(Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Sunday condemned violent protests over the apparent massacre of 43 students after demonstrators set fire to the door of his ceremonial palace in...
View ArticleBahamas Plane Crash Kills 9
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama (AP) — A small plane crashed Sunday on approach to the island of Grand Bahama, killing all 9 people on board, the government of the Bahamas said. The Lear 36 Executive Jet had...
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Navigating Brazil's Path to Growth
Brazil's macroeconomic management will face four major immediate challenges in the near future. The response to them will be strengthened if we could have some indication of how to steer the Brazilian...
View ArticleChina, Japan Leaders After 2 Years Of Bitter Relations
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference in Beijing, following more than...
View ArticleEx-BofA Banker's Double-Murder Trial Adjourned
HONG KONG (AP) — A British banker charged with murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong will undergo a psychiatric assessment to determine whether he is fit to enter a plea in his trial. Rurik...
View ArticleChina, Japan Meet At APEC After More Than 2 Years Of Deep Tensions Over...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference in Beijing, following more than two...
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Cuba's wall has not fallen ... but it is not eternal
The fall of the Berlin Wall or the birth of a new era (Archive Photo) 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 9 November 2014 - My life up to then had always been lived between walls. The wall of the Malecon...
View ArticleWave Of Bombings In 3 Afghan Cities Kill At Least 11
KABUL, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Bombs exploded in three cities in Afghanistan on Monday killing at least 10 policemen, officials said, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself in Kabul's police...
View ArticleSouth Korea Fires Warning Shots Inside DMZ After North Korean Soldiers...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean troops fired warning shots Monday after North Korean soldiers approached too close to the border separating the rival countries, Seoul defense officials said....
View ArticleRowan Atkinson Interviewing Elton John Is The Original 'Between Two Ferns'
Zach Galifianakis’ Funny or Die talk show “Between Two Ferns” is known for its irreverent style, deadpan humor and aura of complete and utter awkwardness. But Galifianakis is hardly the first to put...
View ArticleBombing At Nigerian School Assembly Leaves Dozens Dead, Including Students
POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber disguised in school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday, killing at least 48 students,...
View ArticleFrancois Gissy's Rocket-Powered Bicycle Hits World Record 207 MPH
A fearless Frenchman has broken the record for fastest bicycle, zooming along at 207 mph thanks to some rocket power. Francois Gissy went on his world record-beating run at a racetrack in Le Castellet...
View ArticleBrzezinski: Why We Need a U.S.-China 'Pacific Charter' for Global Stability
In Beijing on Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama called on China to be a "partner in underwriting the international order" instead of "undermining" it. One key American strategist, Zbigniew...
View ArticleHuffPost Editors Discuss European Politics, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall And...
The Huffington Post is in the unique position of having editors all over the world who can offer their perspectives and expertise on the most relevant international news. Last week they came together...
View ArticleThe Escalation of the War in Iraq Is Grounded in Fantasy
As President Obama noted in an interview on Sunday on Face the Nation, the next phase of the U.S. war in Iraq has begun. The administration announced last Friday that it would double the number of U.S....
View ArticleWhy the China/Russia Rapprochement Won't Last
Being a big believer in the lessons taught by history, I'm inclined to think that the current 'love fest' between China and Russia will probably have a limited shelf life. Natural resource acquisition...
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