Bipartisan Senate resolution passed in defiance of US president

A film exposing sex abuse by Catholic priests also exposes the corrupting ties between the church and the ruling political party.

Back in the 1980s, Japan was portrayed as the greatest economic threat to the United States, and allegations of intellectual property theft were only part of Americans' vilification. Thirty years later, Americans have made China the villain, when, just like three decades ago, they should be looking squarely in the mirror.

by Daniel Tilles Poland’s European elections resulted in a clear victory for the ruling national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which won by an even greater margin than polls predi…

The country’s new "well-being budget" emphasizes citizen happiness over capitalist gain.

Anyone making the journey to Westminster by public transport will be confronted by a series of posters warning them about the state of British media. The word ‘redacted’ is in large letters, and…

In an ongoing effort to crack down on tax evasion, the UK government today published a Flickr page of the "top tax cheats" of 2012. The profiles break down the crimes of 32 criminals that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sentenced to a combined total of more than 150 years in prison last year in a demonstration...

Europeans, take note: The U.S. government has granted itself authority to secretly snoop on you.

Unlike Germany, Hungary remains in a wistful, toxic relationship with the nineteen-thirties, with a fantasy of Jewish conspiracy and national moral decline. As the memory of the iron curtain fades and Europe recenters itself, Hungary’s fascist resurgence should be a matter of concern for all.

President Francois Hollande says French troops are taking part in operations against Islamists in northern Mali.

Although their remittances lift their societies from stark poverty, a foreign maid steps into a world of abuse, overwork, and suspicion in Saudi Arabia.

So what if they are? It wouldn't be the first time a news organization became an intelligence service.

Under a new policy that takes effect Monday, any Cuban with a valid passport will be able to leave the country.

An Egyptian threatening suicide. A Sri Lankan beheaded. Bayan Perazzo on the brutal conditions for workers.

Human rights advocates question whether US-manufactured ammunition and helicopters were used against civilian protesters.

Since June 19th of last year, political activist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Escalating tensions among China, Japan and the U.S. could ignite armed conflict -- and sink the global economy.

At times angry and choked with emotion, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took on Republican critics of her department's handling of the September terrorist attack in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, but repeatedly distanced herself from a direct role in specific situations.

A British grandmother has been sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia for drug trafficking.

North Korea's only major ally China has threatened to cut the economic aid it gives the country if it goes ahead with a third nuclear test.