With a faster growth rate than Brazil, Ecuador could be the next big Latin American hit. What's behind its success?
This is another sign that China is relaxing its one-child policy, but only rural couples will benefit from it.
Sunil Prabhu, the mayor of Mumbai, is a member of Shiv Sena, an extreme right-wing Hindu nationalist party,
Argentina removed a freeze on Chevron assets, another blow to Ecuador's bid to get Chevron to pay $19 billion over a scandal-tainted lawsuit.
An Egyptian court handed down jail terms to 43 activists, 16 of them Americans, in a case against foreign-funded non-profit groups.
Coca-Cola resumed bottling its soft drinks in Myanmar after 60 years, as part of a $200 million investment plan, in the troubled Asian nation.
First lady Michelle Obama almost walked out on a D.C. fundraiser after she was interrupted by a gay rights activist.
A Georgia senator has claimed that the growing plague of sexual assaults in the military may simply be due to the “hormones” of young soldiers.
A deputy premier apologized for initial repression in Istanbul, but demonstrations continued around the country.
"Çapuling," or "chappuling," is a term that has taken on a life of its own as anti-government protests sweep across Turkey. What does "capuling" mean?
The White House has called for "sweeping reforms" directed at patent trolls, which have been accused of stifling American innovation.
Private government email accounts were used by officials in George W. Bush's administration, too. Are they even really secret?
A petition signed by more than 73,000 people demands CNN International cut ties with CNN Turk as it reportedly ignores the crackdown.
Chinese culture places a lot of significance on symbols, colors and numbers. The number four is considered to be unlucky.
Indians have been established in Hong Kong since the days it was a British colony.
Facing a battle with Democrats, the New Jersey governor set a special election to fill Sen. Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat for October.
In an effort to deter female rape in India, the municipal council of Mumbai passed a resolution last month to ban store owners from advertising revealing mannequins.
Jasper, Texas, Police officers Ryan Cunningham and Ricky Grissom were fired after their beating of Keyarika Diggles was caught on tape.
The Knesset has passed a bill that will severely restrict the amount of money any undocumented immigrant can send home.
Two Democrats at Tuesday's IRS hearing pushed back against the idea that targeting tea party groups was a White House plot.
The alleged shooter in the 2012 Aurora movie-theater massacre changed his plea to "not guilty by reason of insanity."
Said Amirov was said to be the most powerful man in Dagestan with ties to the criminal underground.
Protesters took to the streets in opposition to the government. There were violent clashes with police, and also a lighter side.
A Yeshivah of Flatbush senior class trip was delayed, when 101 students and eight chaperones were kicked off their AirTran plane for alleged safety violations.
Led by strong GDP growth in Indonesia and the Philippines, office rents are rising in ASEAN’s major economies.
China was the only one of the five nuclear-weapon states in the U.N. Security Council to expand its stockpile last year.
The conventional wisdom is that Syria's civil war is now a sectarian religious war. But many Syrians say the sectarians don't belong there.
A photo of a woman in a red dress being sprayed with tear gas during the protests in Turkey has gone viral on social media networks.
The city of Wuhan wants to punish women who have children outside marriage. Not surprisingly, that's causing a backlash.
President Barack Obama made a strong push Tuesday for lawmakers to swiftly approve three new nominees to the D.C. federal appeals court.
