Greece: A nation with its back to the wall?
For Greece to thumb its nose at the international elites and win would set a precedent for many other nations.
Police riot in Barcelona
Friday's bloody police action against demonstration in Barcelona's beautiful Plaza Catalunya has led to calls for the resignation of the center-right government of Catalonia.
World Notes: Venezuela, Somalia, Fiji and more
Sanctions on Iran hit Venezuela; labor rights under siege in Iraq, Fiji and Turkey; humanitarian crisis in Somalia; and Cuba at the UN.
Left humbled in Indian state elections
In India's state elections, the Communist-led left governments lost in West Bengal and Kerala.
Colombian court blocks witch-hunts
The top court issued a writ of prohibition in the case of former Congressman Wilson Borja, ending investigation into allegations he had connections with the FARC.
Iran rulers sharpen knives as economy bleeds
The struggle to influence the outcome of the presidential vote in 2013 is already under way.
Right and left gain in Spain elections
On Election Day, the governing socialists took a drubbing, losing to the People's Party and its right-wing allies in all provincial governments and most local ones.
Winners and losers in Bremen elections
Today in Bremen, most shipyards are a thing of the past and it is struggling to climb out of its heavy debt as a container port.
Scientists fine-tune extinction rate projections
Although species extinction caused by habitat loss is not as dire a problem as initially believed, the global extinction crisis is still a real threat.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has international repercussions
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is widely seen as another case of powerful and wealthy men thinking they have the right to sexually exploit women in subordinate positions.
