While Prince Undergoes Surgery, Queen Carries On with Business
Paul Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — To mere commoners, it might seem odd. With her husband Prince Philip about to go under the surgeon’s knife, Queen Elizabeth II was making an official visit just 1,000 yards from his hospital bed.&nb…
Kremlin Denies Putin Affair, Says Divorce Announcement Not Staged
ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/GettyImages(MOSCOW) — In an attempt to beat back rumors about the cause of President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he is divorcing his wife of nearly 30 years, Putin’s spokesman on Friday denied there was another w…
Trade War with China Brewing in Italy
Medioimages/Photodisc(ROME) — Following the European Union’s decision this week to impose heavy duties on Chinese-produced solar panels in a move to protect European producers, China is moving to retaliate.
The country has launched an “anti-dumping” t…
South Korea Agrees to Surprise Talks with North Korea
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SEOUL, South Korea) — Seoul didn’t hesitate for a moment when Pyongyang unexpectedly held out an olive branch Thursday.This remarkable turn of events after months of growing tensions has surprised many. Now, South Korea an…
Former Political Prisoner Wants to Be Myanmar’s Next President
PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images(NAYPYITAW, Myanmar) — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent almost 20 years under house arrest for speaking out in support of democracy in Myanmar, has some big political dreams.Aung San Suu Kyi told foreign business…
Syria Drives Rebels Out of UN Monitored Crossing Near Israel
JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Syrian military continued its rejuvenated offensive on Thursday by taking back a United Nations monitored crossing near Israeli-held territory that had briefly fallen into rebel hands.The operation came a da…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin Announces Divorce
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he and his wife are divorced.The news may not have been a total surprise, but the announcement was. Rumors had been swirling about the couple for years. Th…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin Announces Divorce
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he and his wife are divorced.The news may not have been a total surprise, but the announcement was. Rumors had been swirling about the couple for years. Th…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin Announces Divorce
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he and his wife are divorced.The news may not have been a total surprise, but the announcement was. Rumors had been swirling about the couple for years. Th…
Britain’s Prince Philip Admitted to London Hospital for Surgery
Paul Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Britain’s Prince Philip has been admitted to the hospital for exploratory abdominal surgery.According to a statement issued by Buckingham Palace on Thursday, Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth I…
Chess Grand Master Is Latest Russian to Flee
Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov has fled his country because he says he fears political persecution if he stays. “I kept traveling back and forth until late February, where it became clear that I mig…
Bangladesh Collapse Survivor in Good Condition, Leaves Hospital
MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images(SAVAR, Bangladesh) — The woman who survived 17 days in the rubble of the collapsed factory in Bangladesh is finally leaving the hospital.Reshma Begum, 19, has vowed to never work in a garment factory again after being p…
China’s First Lady Bringing Glamour to US Summit
Fotogenia/LatinContent/Getty Images(BEIJING) — A man holding an umbrella for a woman would not cause a stir in a Western country, but it became a sensation when China’s leader Xi Jinping held an umbrella over his wife’s head recently. It is the latest…
Europeans More Tolerant than Americans of Homosexuality: Survey
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstoc(NEW YORK) — There are a lot of places where people are more accepting of homosexuality than the United States. And Spain is the clear frontrunner; nearly nine out of 10 people there think society should accept homosexua…
More Problems Affecting Geneva Conference to Solve Syrian Conflict
Scott Peterson/Getty Images(GENEVA) — A summit being arranged by the U.S. and Russia that seeks a diplomatic ending to the two-year conflict in Syria could be on the verge of falling apart.Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian coun…
Turkish Protesters Present List of Demands
ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images(ANKARA, Turkey) — As the situation in Turkey becomes even more chaotic, protesters presented a list of demands on Wednesday that they said would help end nearly a week of demonstrations that threaten the government of Prime…
Pakistani Parliament Elects New Prime Minister
George Doyle/Thinkstock(ISLAMABAD) — Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has been elected Prime Minister of Pakistan for the third time by Pakistan’s new parliament on Wednesday. His party won the majority seats in last month’s general elections. I…
US Yet to Decide If Patriot Missiles Will Remain in Jordan After Exercise
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. may be leaving behind Patriot missiles in Jordan once the annual “Eager Lion” exercise in Jordan wraps up, according to reports. While the U.S. is sending a Patriot missile battery, as well…
Pippa Middleton: I Planned to Marry in ‘Tennis Whites’
LEON NEAL/AFP/GettyImages(LONDON) — It’s hard to believe that Pippa Middleton, whose fitted, ivory maid-of-honor gown nearly stole the show at older sister Kate Middleton’s royal wedding to Prince William, once vowed to wear tennis whites …
Syrian and Hezbollah Forces Take Strategic City
AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An early morning assault Wednesday by the Syrian army on the key western Syrian city of Qusair forced the withdrawal of rebel fighters after almost three weeks of intense and bloody fighting.The victory by Syrian soldiers …