Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region outside the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive. Complete Story...
Masayuki Miura's restaurant is radically out of step with modern Japanese tastes. No Australian beef hamburgers, no mountains of fried Brazilian chicken, no imported steaks. Not a Chinese cabbage in sight.
The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.
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Imagine living with a 50 percent chance of being enslaved or threatened with death by an armed group. One-in-three odds of being tortured or wounded. A 12 percent chance of being sexually assaulted multiple times.
At one end of the Black Sea coast of Georgia was an ordinary day at the beach — bathers sauntering to the water, adults with towels and umbrellas, children trailing them with inflatable rings.
The landslide election victory of Cambodia's ruling party puts the country under one party-rule and risks damaging its fragile democracy, rights groups said Wednesday.
The gloomiest outlook for the economy in 35 years may be forcing Americans to live with what they have and save up for what they want.
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The war is visible in the graying hair and shrunken arms of hungry children whose parents have fled fighting as many as six times this year alone.
In the lab, psychology professor David Zald studies how fast adults react to fear. At his home this time of year, he watches kids adjust to it.
In the lab, psychology professor David Zald studies how fast adults react to fear.
A petrified woman scrambles to hide at the sight of a van, fearing the return of her husband's killers. A 20-year-old man won't leave his home, in case the militants who tried to abduct him are lying in wait. Gangs of gunmen demand exorbitant "taxes" from businessmen.
Frightened by raids last year at six Swift & Co. plants, illegal immigrants in the nation's meatpacking towns are preparing for their possible arrest.
For months, Earline Stelljes kept a brave face, scrubbing the black mold from her floor and eying the drywall sagging precariously from her bathroom ceiling.