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Europe–the letzte Mensch or Übermensch, the new Byzantium or declining Rome
A freshly released IMF’s World Economic Outlook brings (yet again, for ...Ukraine says goodbye Lenin as Communists face poll wipeout
Ever since Oleksiy Baburin\'s Stalin statue in southeastern Ukraine was bombed, he has been hiding it behind heavy metal blinds. ...Brazilian poll shows Rousseff gaining momentum as election nears
President Dilma Rousseff gained steam but remained locked in a dead heat for votes with challenger Aecio Neves ahead of ...Suicide, car bombings in Iraq kill at least 33
Militants unleashed attacks on Iraq\'s majority Shiite community on Monday, killing at least 33 people, the latest in relentless assaults ...Nigeria declared Ebola-free, holds lessons for others
Nigeria was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after a determined doctor and thousands of officials and ...U.S. reports 12 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
The U.S. military conducted six air strikes against Islamic State militants near the Syrian border town of Kobani on Sunday ...Clashes as masked men rush Hong Kong protest barricades
Dozens of masked men rushed barricades at Hong Kong\'s main pro-democracy site Monday, triggering clashes as demonstrators tried to push ...18 dead, 20 missing after boat sinks off Guinea
The death toll from an overcrowded wooden boat that sunk off the south coast of Guinea has risen to 18, ...Car bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan, one civilian dead
A suicide car bomber rammed a NATO military convoy along a major road out of Afghanistan\'s capital Kabul early on ...Donors pledge $2.7 billion for Gaza reconstruction
Donors at an international conference Sunday promised $2.7 billion to rebuild the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, but all of the key ...




