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Disney's second theme park in China could boost the company's brand in a key market -- but will the existing Hong Kong Disneyland suffer?

Growing numbers of Cuban Americans are changing their views on the longstanding ban on U.S. travel to the communist island, which means the law may finally actually change

Chinese scientists said a record Beijing snowfall was the product of "seeding" of clouds to encourage precipitation in China's parched northern regions

Opposition leaders have designated Wednesday's commemoration of the 1979 capture of the U.S. embassy as a day of protest against the regime

History may belong to the victors. But with Nelson Mandela, everyoneapparently wants a piece, from book publishers to art galleries

If Ahmed Wali Karzai really worked for the CIA, it's not at all clear he was an asset

The problem with 'confidence-building' agreements is that the two sides are pursuing mutually exclusive goals. And Iran believes it can get a deal more to its taste

The news that Ahmed Wali Karzai has been on the payroll of the CIA for the past eight years, as reported in today's New York Times, won't come as a surprise to most Afghans

As the Obama Administration's peace efforts founder, Israelis and Palestinians are once again staking their claims on the Holy City -- and threatening a regional crisis

As Britain increases its troop levels in Afghanistan, it needs more room totrain them in the hot hills of northern Kenya. The problem is sharing thespace with lions, elephants and wildlife tourists

Having succeeded in getting Bolivia to bar circuses from using all animals, activist groups are frantically seeking sanctuary for retired performing predators

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Israel's limits on fishing off the Palestinian enclave have raised troubling concerns about ecology, pollution and nutrition

At a recent tourism convention in El Salvador, the exiled tourism chief provided graphic reasons for not spending your vacation in his country

Asia is rapidly regaining growth momentum, while economies in the west are still struggling. Will this mean the end of global economic policy coordination?

Talks in Vienna have broken up and Tehran has been given until Friday to agree a reactor fuel deal. But even a 'yes' won't bring an end to Iran's uranium enrichment

Iran's leaders cannot help but worry that the same divisions ripping apart Afghanistan and Pakistan are about to visit them

A move to expel Israel-born offspring of immigrant workers has split the ruling coalition

Security questions continue to plague theBrazilian city, which beat out Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Will Rio de Janeiro solve its crime problem in time?

The Geneva announcement that Iran would ship much of its uranium stockpile abroad followed months of discreet negotiations. But the proof of the deal will be in the details of its implementation

Catalan lawmakers vote this month on an initiative to ban a centuries-oldtradition in Spain: the bloody -- and to some, exhilarating -- sport ofbullfighting. For many Catalans, it's time to put the spectacle to rest

After nearly three months of planning, and very public anticipation, Pakistan's military moved on the South Waziristan stronghold of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Regional diplomats say the U.S. may be backing away from its insistence on restoring Honduran President Zelaya to office before next month's election

This winter, Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov plans to spray the clouds before they reach the city to stop the snow from falling. A hair-brained scheme? Or a brilliantidea to keep the capital from being snowed under?

Kolkata, where Mother Teresa lived and worked for nearly seven decades, was shocked this week when Albania laid claim to the saint's remains

The East's strong recovery from economic recession is powering Asian investment portfolios to new heights while North Americans are still counting their losses

For more than a decade, Turkey and Israel enjoyed an alliance that defiedArab anger and thorny Middle East politics. So what happened to put therelationship on ice?

After four major attacks in eight days, the Pakistani army says the Taliban threat has now spread well beyond its northwestern borderlands and grown tentacles that reach deep into the country's heartlands