Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
On December 5, world leaders meet in Bonn, Germany, to recommit themselves to helping Afghanistan. The gathering marks the 10th anniversary of the Bonn Agreement to rebuild Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. But the challenges have not grown any easier.
At the heart of the euro crisis is fear that if urgent measures are not taken, the eurozone could collapse. So, what if it did -- what would happen?
The eight Republican candidates hoping to beat U.S. President Barack Obama in next year's election met in a debate on November 22 focusing heavily on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
A New York court has upheld the city's destruction of the Occupy Wall Street tent city on November 15. But that hardly spells the end of the New York, or global, protest movement.
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art this month unveiled its new wing of Islamic works in a major new effort to increase Americans' understanding of Islamic culture.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington wants to build a "trans-Pacific system" for Asia modeled on the United States' trans-Atlantic relationship with Europe. What does Washington have in mind?
Fears that Italy could soon need massive help to keep its economy afloat are growing as the interest rate on its government bonds continues to rise dramatically. So just how at risk is Italy and what does it all mean for the rest of the eurozone?
The latest report by the UN's nuclear watchdog agency on Iran provides the most damning evidence yet that Iran has engaged in nuclear weapons-related activities and that some activities may still be continuing. What did the report find?
The UN atomic watchdog is expected to publish fresh evidence next week suggesting that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear weapon. Ahead of the report, tensions are rising with heightened media speculation that Israel might take military action against Tehran.
As the G20 meets in Cannes, one of its main goals is to act in concert to help solve the eurozone crisis. But getting everyone in tune is no easy task.
The world's population has reached 7 billion. But in many postcommunist European states, depopulation is the norm.
Libya's National Transitional Council says Muammar Qaddafi, Libya's leader for over four decades, has died in his hometown of Sirte following weeks of fighting between his supporters and fighters loyal to the new interim government.
This week's near crash of a major Franco-Belgian bank has highlighted how much bad government debt Europe's banks hold. But there is no easy fix for the eurozone's continuing financial crisis.
The Palestinians are expected to ask the UN to recognize them as an independent member-state as the world body begins its 66th regular session this week. The proposal is almost certain to set off one of the hottest debates of the UN's new year. It may also be one of the most divisive.
Richer EU states are getting tired of bailing out fiscally troubled ones. But will that lead to greater economic and political integration for the eurozone?
In Iran, book censors regularly remove what they consider offensive references to sex. Sometimes, their heavy hand even falls on Persian classics.
We can't help but pay attention to mass murderers like Anders Behring Breivik and Osama bin Laden. But we do so at our own peril. Their actions make it more difficult to hold the reasoned dialogue we need about how the world is changing.
The recent wave of street battles in Karachi, which killed 120 people this month, seems to have subsided, for now. The way it did tells a lot about its causes.
The tribal areas of Pakistan were once famous as sports grounds. But today, youth have few facilities and little opportunity to compete in organized games. That plays into the hands of militants.
It's not uncommon for rich people to say they owe their success to one thing: a strong desire to succeed. But does the same hold true for societies? We look at that question in the third and final part of our three-part series on building prosperity.
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