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The Bayreuth festival celebrates the works of 19th century composer Richard Wagner, who was a virulent anti-Semite and an idol of Adolf Hitler.

Romney can invoke anemic monthly job numbers to contend that Obama's domestic policies have failed. But he faces a more difficult task in critiquing how the Obama administration's policies have unfolded outside of America's borders.

The World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, ranked Vietnam the worst country for wildlife protection among 23 nations assessed for enforcement and protection of species prone to poachers, such as rhinos, elephants and tigers. (Check out the full report and list here).

The Arab League has offered a safe exit for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family if he quickly resigns and leaves the country, in the latest attempt from the international community to end 17 months of bloodshed in Syria.

The Svalbard archipelago on Europe's northern edge is probably the remotest and wildest place in the Arctic with regularly scheduled flights.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague called their veto inexcusable and indefensible.

As Damascus and other parts of Syria convulse in clashes and violence, one must wonder where Assad is and where can he go should he be able to flee the country.

The Grum botnet, which experts believe is responsible for about 18 percent of the world's spam email traffic, has been shut down, according to security company FireEye, based in Milpitas, Calif. According to M86Security, Grum was responsible for roughly 17.4 percent of the worldwide spam email traffic, which made it officially the third largest active botnet in the world, after Cutwail and Lethic, respectively. In January 2012, however, Grum became the No. 1 spam botnet in the world, accounti...

In an echo from the final weeks of Saddam Hussein's reign in Iraq in 2003, Syrian President Bashar al Assad has reportedly retreated to his tribal homeland as rebels advance on Damascus.

About 700,000 Finnish Americans live in the United States today. And now, one of them runs one of the most powerful tech and media companies in the country.

Seventeen months into the Syrian crisis, with numerous worsening instances of blood-chilling violence and massacre, everything still stays the same because the big players are waiting for the right moment to intervene.

The deaths of major Syrian military leaders in a spectacular strike on the capital are tipping the playing field, but don't expect the conflict to end anytime soon.

Baker Hughes Inc (NYSE: BHI), one of the world's largest oil services companies, is expected to report a slight decrease in profit for the second quarter on weakness in the company's North American business.

History isn’t just what’s happened. It’s also what happened in the context of what might have occurred. This isn’t counterfactual history -- it’s a way to illustrate what was at stake.

The new Syrian defense minister, General Fahd al-Furayj, vowed to find and punish the culprits behind the bomb attack

Banking on software, services and cost controls, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer company, is expected to report improved second-quarter earnings despite a decline in revenue.

Russia has already said it would to veto the resolution, which first proposed by Britain, the United States, France and Germany. China is expected to vote against the draft as well.

Chinese fishermen make neighbors angry again -- this time the Russian coast guard, which hit suspected poachers

Closely following earlier reports that Syria had started moving some parts of its huge stockpile of chemical weapons out of storage, the most senior Syrian official to defect to the opposition has said that the Syrian regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons in a last-ditch effort at survival.

Incredibly, a man walks away from what looked like certain death after truck accident in the parking lot of an Orenburg, Russia gas station.

The credit default swaps (CDS) market is pricing in a probable default by PSA Peugeot-Citroen (Paris: UG) as the company struggles with the French government to shed 14,000 jobs and close a plant to cut costs and ensure the survival of the troubled European automaker.