World Apr 01 Updated: Negotiators work out crux of Iran nuclear deal Negotiators announced a breakthrough Thursday on key principles of Iran's nuclear program, including limiting its uranium enrichment capacity, in exchange for the lifting of nuclear-related financial sanctions against Iran.
World Mar 31 In Brazil’s favelas, being a statistic is actually a good thing Thiago Oliveira grew up in a Rio de Janeiro slum, where fighting between gangs was fierce. He decided to leave gang life and got a job surveying the needs of his neighborhood.
World Mar 30 U.S. official ‘hopeful’ Nigerian elections will remain violence-free Nigerians stood in long lines to vote for their next president over the weekend, and on Monday were still awaiting results that were too close to call. “We’re all waiting with baited breath,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African…
World Mar 25 Platoon mate has ‘mixed feelings’ about Bergdahl’s desertion charges Former Taliban captive U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, military officials said Wednesday, an outcome one of his platoon mates called “bittersweet.”…
World Mar 25 Afghan president: ‘We are not going to be the lazy Uncle Joe’ One of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s most well-received lines in his speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday was his pledge to have Afghanistan stand on its own two feet. “We are not going to be the lazy…
World Mar 19 Timelapse Video: Aurora australis brightens New Zealand sky Stargazers this week were treated to a dazzling light show. Bright shades of green, yellow and red pulsated across the sky from Australia to Europe to parts of the United States as far south as Tennessee.
World Mar 19 Armed with a map and other tools, Nigerians push for peaceful elections Nigeria has a history of corrupt and violent elections. With another presidential election coming on March 28, one group working to head off the violence is the Search for Common Ground.
World Mar 17 Photos: In historically divisive Irish city, temple offers unity and light In Northern Ireland, in a city notorious for its Protestant-Catholic tensions, a beautifully intricate structure has been drawing large crowds.
World Mar 17 Can countries survive their move to the middle class? HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has pulled itself up economically over the decades. One of the consequences? Diminishing donor funds.
World Mar 17 What it’s like to be a midwife in one of the most remote parts of Vietnam DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Quang Thi Un, 29, said she didn’t give much thought to becoming a midwife or really any line of work until her brother, a teacher, sent her to a new midwifery training program in Vietnam.