Global warming: more or less?
The right denies the problem of global warming; the New York Times complains that Congress isn't doing enough to meet the threat. So is global warming getting worse or not?
Millions still face hardships after Pakistan floods
Pakistanis continue to face humanitarian hardships and large portions of the country's southern province of Sindh remain under water three months after severe flooding.
Kashmir peace is long climb, shadows Obama trip to India
Kashmir is the last major question to be resolved stemming from India's British colonial past, the freedom struggle and the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.
A view from Iraq
How the Iraqis see it: an interview with Salam Ali of the Iraqi Communist Party on the continuing political impasse in Iraq and the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces.
Melting glaciers aggravate Pakistan’s floods
Reports out of Pakistan now indicate that about 1,500 people have lost their lives and tens of thousands have been left homeless.
Clinton issues vague pledge on Vietnam's Agent Orange legacy
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lectured her Vietnamese hosts on human rights and issued vaguely worded pledges to help the developing country to tackle the horrific legacy of Agent Orange.
35 years after war’s end, Vietnam pushes friendship
Many still struggle with the scars of the war in Vietnam, 35 years later.
Bolivia hosts alternative summit on people and Mother Earth
The First World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth took place April 19-22 near Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Recalling the Holocaust
It was 65 years ago that hundreds of concentration camps across eastern Europe were liberated.
El Salvador honors Archbishop Oscar Romero
For the first time in El Salvador, the government publicly commemorated Archbishop Oscar Romero.
