Swaziland: Eviction case could pull the rug from under absolute monarchy
The start of a landmark legal challenge to the rule of King Mswati III has boosted the pro-democracy movement in the tiny southern African state of Swaziland.
World Notes: Sudan, Colombia and more
Sudan: Darfur fighting re-ignites, civilians lose, Colombia: Sintracarbon mine workers win wage hike, Iraq: Social demands trigger street protests, Switzerland: No safe haven for torturers, Australia: Undocumented refugees seek justice, Cuba: More CIA links to Posada revealed
In Europe, poor countries in economic straightjacket
To satisfy the International Monetary Fund, countries like Ireland and Greece have taken drastic anti-worker measures.
Artists protest funding cuts
Singers, painters and television presenters demonstrated across the Netherlands on Saturday against government plans to slash funding and subsidies for the arts.
Moderate wins Poland’s presidential elections
Runoff presidential elections took place in Poland on Sunday, July 4.
World Cup quarter finals: we’re having a great time here, folks
PRETORIA, South Africa -- For the first time in the history of the World Cup games Latin America has four teams among the last eight.
Bloody Sunday massacre: Unjustified and unjustifiable
British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized unreservedly to the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday 38 years ago, saying the action of troops was "unjustified and unjustifiable."
World Notes: Palestine, Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Angola, Honduras, Iceland
Collective punishment, big garment workers strike, Russia-China ties, oil riches, violence, bank fraud.
Satan, child abuse and the pope: an Irish view
To say that the revelations concerning child abuse in the Catholic Church has rocked it to its very foundations would be an understatement.
