Authors: Jeanette TorresALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/GettyImages(MOSCOW) -- In an attempt to beat back rumors about the cause of President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he is divorcing his wife of nearly 30 years, Putin’s spokesman on Friday denied…
Authors: Jeanette TorresMedioimages/Photodisc(ROME) -- Following the European Union's decision this week to impose heavy duties on Chinese-produced solar panels in a move to protect European producers, China is moving to retaliate.The country has launched an…
Authors: Jeanette TorresPORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images(NAYPYITAW, Myanmar) -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent almost 20 years under house arrest for speaking out in support of democracy in Myanmar, has some big political dreams.Aung San…
Authors: Jeanette TorresiStockphoto/Thinkstock(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Seoul didn't hesitate for a moment when Pyongyang unexpectedly held out an olive branch Thursday.This remarkable turn of events after months of growing tensions has surprised many. Now, South…
Authors: Jeanette TorresJOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Syrian military continued its rejuvenated offensive on Thursday by taking back a United Nations monitored crossing near Israeli-held territory that had briefly fallen into rebel hands.The operation…
Authors: jcSasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he and his wife are divorced.The news may not have been a total surprise, but the announcement was. Rumors had been swirling about…
Authors: jcPaul Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Britain’s Prince Philip has been admitted to the hospital for exploratory abdominal surgery.According to a statement issued by Buckingham Palace on Thursday, Philip, the husband of Queen…
Authors: jcMedioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstoc(NEW YORK) -- There are a lot of places where people are more accepting of homosexuality than the United States. And Spain is the clear frontrunner; nearly nine out of 10 people there think…
Authors: jcFotogenia/LatinContent/Getty Images(BEIJING) -- A man holding an umbrella for a woman would not cause a stir in a Western country, but it became a sensation when China's leader Xi Jinping held an umbrella over…
Authors: jcFoto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov has fled his country because he says he fears political persecution if he stays. "I kept traveling back and forth until late February, where it…
