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Since March 11, 'courage and recovery' has been the mantra for Tohoku's sake producers and everyone else whose livelihood was thrown into jeopardy after the quake and nuclear crisis that followed

Editorial: The drubbing suffered in local elections shows Silvio Berlusconi increasingly obsessed with his own personal and judicial woes -- and losing touch with the sentiments of everyday Italians. La Stampa editor Mario Calabresi weighs in

There's nothing that the Chinese people hate more than a corrupted official. But the government should do more to root out corruption than play to the public's instincts for revenge. Still, don't expect China's death penalty to disappear anytime soon

Practically granted celebrity status, the accused war criminal loses his attempt to stay in Serbia and is flown to the Netherlands for trial

The sinking of the Titanic has long been a taboo subject in the city that built her. By celebrating the centenary of the ship's launch, Belfast hopes to remind the world of its successes before the tragedy

After writing stories about the military involvement with al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban, a Pakistani reporter vanishes

Germany and Russia halt imports of fresh vegetables from Spain as an outbreak of a deadly strain of E. coli claims 14 lives, with no sign of abating

The end of a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza strip was supposed to herald a new era in Egyptian diplomacy regarding Israel and the Palestinians. But at the Rafah Crossing it appeared as if little had changed

The arrest of wartime general Ratko Mladic was a major condition of Serbia's candidacy for the European Union -- now the country is looking forward to being the new kid on the bloc

Moscow is suddenly the only real power with any influence in Tripoli. But can the Russian President convince the Colonel that it's time to go?

Panicking over the demonstrations, Assad has backtracked on economic liberalization -- a move that may seal his doom

The announcement that Egypt plans to effectively end the siege of Gaza by permanently opening the Rafah border crossing brought home the harsh truth of Israel's increasingly isolated position

In Saturday's European Champions League Final, the world's two best teams will meet on the field -- and fans are emptying their wallets for the privilege of watching it happen

According to an official report, the pilots couldn't reclaim control as the plane dropped out of the sky at a rate of 10,000 feet per minute

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili crushes an attempt to overthrow him by way of street protests even as everyone wonders if Russia had anything to do with it