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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (left) and Vice President Nicolas Maduro

Globe Trot: Chavez picks successor, U.S. doctor rescued in Afghanistan ...

International |  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez admitted that his cancer has returned and designated Vice President Nicolas Maduro as heir to the socialist dictatorship he…

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (left) meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday.

Globe Trot 11.19

International |  Calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza are generally useless if pertinent issues aren’t on the table (witness Syria). And here’s what’s emerging:

Israeli soldiers work on tanks in a staging ground near the border with the Gaza Strip on Friday.

Globe Trot 11.16

International |  Israeli tanks are moving toward Gaza and Israeli Defense Forces have called up about 16,000 reservists in anticipation of a possible invasion of the…

Residents walk among earthquake rubble in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday.

Globe Trot 11.09

International |  Unemployment in Greece rose to 25.4 percent—the highest at least since 2004. But Greece isn’t alone: Spain, at 25.02 percent, has steadfastly been the…

Lebanese Army soldiers patrol a neighborhood in Beirut

Globe Trot 10.22

International |  A likely centerpiece to tonight’s presidential debate—focusing on foreign policy—is the report that the United States and Iran have agreed in…

SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: Christians mourn religious violence in Orissa and other parts of India.
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Not forsaken

Religion |  A sharp increase in violence against Christians worldwide brings renewed urgency to the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

Manssor Arbabsiar

Man pleads guilty in plot to kill Saudi ambassador

Terror |  NEW YORK (AP)—A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he…

Benjamin Netanyahu
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Measuring the menace

Middle East |  Experts say Netanyahu's red line on Iran is dead on

Aftermath of today's bombings in Aleppo

Globe Trot 10.03

International |  Four apparent suicide bombs in Aleppo today have killed at least 40 and reduced to rubble large swaths of the ancient city. The area bombed included public…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Globe Trot 09.28

International |  Someone put down some red lines, and it was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his speech to the UN General Assembly yesterday: “The stake is the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu draws 'red line' for Iran

Israel |  NEW YORK (AP)—In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday…

Iranian-American protesters outside the UN wear masks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) and Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Globe Trot 09.26

International |  This morning, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the UN General Assembly—on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Expect…

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